About Kandas Village

Kandas is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 79 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,152 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandas village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249122
Area (hectares)	29.16 hectares
Population	170
Male Population	79
Female Population	91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,152
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandas compares

By the 2011 count Kandas is the 168th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 29.16 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Kandas

Kandas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kandas 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 Kandas from other places

Kandas lies about 12 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 28 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 Kandas
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	12 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	12 km
Nearest town	Tehri	12 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	28 km

Villages closest to Kandas

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 Kandas

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandas village had a population of 170. That makes it the 168th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Kandas village has 79 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandas has about 1152 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Kandas is 249122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandas covers 29.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kandas is Rishikesh, about 28 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 Kandas.

Kandas is about 12 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandas is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 12 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 12 km away. Tehri is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.