About Kandaun Village

Kandaun is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 117 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249171, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandaun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandaun village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Rajgarhi
Pincode	249171
Area (hectares)	42.57 hectares
Population	217
Male Population	117
Female Population	100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
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 Kandaun compares

By the 2011 count Kandaun is the 111th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 42.57 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Kandaun

Kandaun is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kandaun 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 Kandaun from other places

Kandaun lies about 17 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 44 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 Kandaun
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	17 km
Nearest town	Tehri	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarhi	30 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	44 km

Villages closest to Kandaun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandaun village had a population of 217. That makes it the 111th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Kandaun village has 117 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandaun has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Kandaun is 249171. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandaun covers 42.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kandaun falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kandaun is Dehradun, about 44 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 Kandaun.

Kandaun is about 17 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandaun is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 17 km away. Tehri is about 25 km away. Rajgarhi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.