About Kanda Village

Kanda is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 182 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,159 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249130, 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	Tehri
Pincode	249130
Area (hectares)	67.79 hectares
Population	393
Male Population	182
Female Population	211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,159
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanda compares

By the 2011 count Kanda is the 63rd largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 67.79 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Kanda

Kanda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kanda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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	Tehri	5.3 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	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 Tehri 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 393. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Kanda village has 182 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanda has about 1159 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Kanda is 249130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanda covers 67.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanda falls under Tehri 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 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 Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 5.3 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 5.3 km away. Rishikesh is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.