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About Kaund Village

Kaund is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 31, made up of 21 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 476 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249175, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaund village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249175
Area (hectares) 25.6 hectares
Population 31
Male Population 21
Female Population 10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 476
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kaund compares

By the 2011 count Kaund is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 25.6 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Kaund

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

Kaund lies about 28 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Yog Nagari Rishikesh, about 11 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 Kaund
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Yog Nagari Rishikesh 11 km
Nearest town Rishīkesh 11 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 28 km

Villages closest to Kaund

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

Common questions about Kaund

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaund village had a population of 31. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Kaund village has 21 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaund has about 476 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Kaund is 249175. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kaund covers 25.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kaund falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kaund is Yog Nagari Rishikesh, about 11 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 village for Kaund.

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

Kaund is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Narendranagar is about 5.1 km away. Yog Nagari Rishikesh is about 11 km away. Rishīkesh is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kund Chak (under 2 km), Kundchar (under 2 km) and Dewali (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kaund today is likely to be higher.

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