About Kanda Village

Kanda is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 135 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	110.8 hectares
Population	264
Male Population	135
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
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 85th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 110.8 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

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 25 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 49 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	Gangolihat	16 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	25 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	25 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	49 km

Villages closest to Kanda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gangolihat 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 264. That makes it the 85th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Kanda village has 135 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanda has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Kanda is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanda covers 110.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanda falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanda is Kathgodam, about 49 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 25 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanda is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 16 km away. Pithoragarh is about 25 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.