About Kandara Village

Kandara is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 70, made up of 40 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 252622, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandara village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	252622
Area (hectares)	8.62 hectares
Population	70
Male Population	40
Female Population	30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	750
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 Kandara compares

By the 2011 count Kandara is the 220th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 8.62 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Kandara

Kandara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kandara 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 Kandara from other places

Kandara lies about 42 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 35 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 Kandara
Nearest town	Almora	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	35 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	42 km

Villages closest to Kandara

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 Kandara

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandara village had a population of 70. That makes it the 220th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Kandara village has 40 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandara has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Kandara is 252622. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandara covers 8.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kandara falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kandara is Kathgodam, about 35 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 Kandara.

Kandara is about 42 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandara is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 16 km away. Gangolihat is about 30 km away. Kathgodam is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.