About Kanda Village

Kanda is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 82 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,244 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	223.83 hectares
Population	184
Male Population	82
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,244
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanda compares

By the 2011 count Kanda is the 73rd largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 223.83 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Kanda

Kanda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kanda as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanda from other places

Kanda lies about 28 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Virbhadra, about 18 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kanda
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	under 2 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	17 km
Nearest railway station	Virbhadra	18 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	28 km

Villages closest to Kanda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Yamkeshwar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanda village had a population of 184. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Kanda village has 82 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanda has about 1244 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Kanda is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanda covers 223.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanda falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanda is Virbhadra, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kanda.

Kanda is about 28 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanda is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about under 2 km away. Rishīkesh is about 17 km away. Virbhadra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.