About Kanda Village

Kanda is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 215, made up of 83 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,590 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249161
Area (hectares)	84.21 hectares
Population	215
Male Population	83
Female Population	132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,590
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
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 141st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 84.21 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Kanda

Kanda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanda as Available within village. 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 5.3 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 31 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	Devprayag	5.3 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	5.3 km
Nearest town	Tehri	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	31 km

Villages closest to Kanda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Devprayag 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 215. That makes it the 141st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Kanda village has 83 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanda has about 1590 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Kanda is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanda covers 84.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanda falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanda is Rishikesh, about 31 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kanda.

Kanda is about 5.3 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanda is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 5.3 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 5.3 km away. Tehri is about 5.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.