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- LGD code
- 48323
- Pincode
- 246149
- Post office
- B.E.L.
- Population
- 336
- Households
- 77
- Literacy rate
- 76.8%
- Sex ratio
- 741 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 117
- Distance to district centre
- 30 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 71 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 198 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- The Hans Foundation General Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanda compares
By population, Kanda ranks #72 of 315 villages in Kotdwara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.8%
+0.9% vs mandal average
- Kanda
- 76.8%
- Kotdwara mandal
- 75.9%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
741
−307 vs mandal average
- Kanda
- 741
- Kotdwara mandal
- 1,048
Household size
people per home
4.4
Same as the mandal average
- Kanda
- 4.4
- Kotdwara mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanda at a glance
Kanda is a village of 336 people in 77 households (Census 2011) in Kotdwara tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 72nd-largest of 315 villages in Kotdwara tehsil. Literacy is 77%, about the same as the tehsil average of 76% and the sex ratio is 741 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 17 km from Harsoli, the nearest town, 20 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246149, served by B.E.L. post office; the LGD village code is 48323. The nearest hospital or health centre is The Hans Foundation General Hospital, 10 km away. The village votes in Yamkeshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Renu Bisht. The population is estimated at 396 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kanda
- LGD code
- 48323
- Pincode
- 246149
- Post office
- B.E.L.
- Population (Census 2011)
- 336
- Population (projected 2026)
- 396
- Households
- 77
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 741
- Literacy rate
- 76.8%
- Coordinates
- 29.91342°N, 78.59930°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Yamkeshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Renu Bisht
- Block / Mandal
- Kotdwara
Getting there
How to reach Kanda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun71 kmcapital
- Delhi198 km
- Kolkata1270 km
- Mumbai1336 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara20 km
- Hospital / PHCThe Hans Foundation General Hospital10 km
- ATM / banksbi35 km
- Petrol pumpIoc23 km
- CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS39 km
- Police stationPolice station36 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kanda
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 246149
- ShivpurKotdwara mandal4,889 pop
- SitabpurKotdwara mandal4,636 pop
- Shibbu NagarKotdwara mandal3,949 pop
- BalasaurKotdwara mandal3,825 pop
- PadampurKotdwara mandal3,459 pop
- BalbhadrapurKotdwara mandal2,843 pop
- Jhandi Chaur PurwiKotdwara mandal2,753 pop
- NeenbuchaurKotdwara mandal2,499 pop
- Jhandi Chaur PachhimiKotdwara mandal2,419 pop
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Villages near Kanda
Other villages in Kotdwara mandal
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- Shivpur
- Sitabpur
- Shibbu Nagar
- Balasaur
- Padampur
- Balbhadrapur
- Jhandi Chaur Purwi
- Neenbuchaur
- Jhandi Chaur Pachhimi
- Ghamandpur
- Jhandichaod Uttri
- Shiv Rajpur
- Lalpur
- Harsinghpur
- Ratanpur
- Simalchaur
- Nandpur
- Dhurwapur
- Ratanpur
- Udaya Rampur Nayabad
- Jashodharpur
- Kalabad (Giwai Srot)
- Lalpani Palli
- Koriya
- Mawakot
- Durgapur
- Kumbhichaur
- Haldukhata Malla
- Khunibarh
- Haldwkha Talla
- Lachampur
- Lokmaripur
- Dev Rampur
- Grastan Ganj
- Kotdwar Gaon
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)