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- LGD code
- 43535
- Pincode
- 249165
- Post office
- Lambgaon
- Population
- 377
- Households
- 97
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1417 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 185
- Distance to district centre
- 20 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 64 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 253 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rishikesh · 57 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Madannegi · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanda compares
By population, Kanda ranks #65 of 112 villages in Pratapnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.5%
+5.2% vs mandal average
- Kanda
- 69.5%
- Pratapnagar mandal
- 64.3%
- Tehri Garhwal district
- 65.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,417
+329 vs mandal average
- Kanda
- 1,417
- Pratapnagar mandal
- 1,088
Household size
people per home
3.9
−1.2 vs mandal average
- Kanda
- 3.9
- Pratapnagar mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanda at a glance
Kanda is a village of 377 people in 97 households (Census 2011) in Pratapnagar tehsil, Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 65th-largest of 112 villages in Pratapnagar tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,417 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Tehri Garhwal district centre, 52 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 57 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249165, served by Lambgaon post office; the LGD village code is 43535. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Madannegi, 20 km away. The village votes in Ghanshali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shakti Lal Shah. The population is estimated at 444 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Kanda
- LGD code
- 43535
- Pincode
- 249165
- Post office
- Lambgaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 377
- Population (projected 2026)
- 444
- Households
- 97
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1417
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Coordinates
- 30.50934°N, 78.65611°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ghanshali
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shakti Lal Shah
- Block / Mandal
- Pratapnagar
Getting there
How to reach Kanda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun64 kmcapital
- Delhi253 km
- Kolkata1307 km
- Mumbai1398 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRishikesh57 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Madannegi20 km
- ATM / banksbi32 km
- Petrol pumphp31 km
- CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS34 km
- Police stationCheckpoint22 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kanda
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕MandirTemple1.9 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 249165
- MajafPratapnagar mandal2,135 pop
- Kadiyal GaonPratapnagar mandal2,114 pop
- BheluntaPratapnagar mandal1,914 pop
- OkhalaPratapnagar mandal1,673 pop
- KordiPratapnagar mandal1,404 pop
- Deen GaonPratapnagar mandal1,364 pop
- BharpurPratapnagar mandal1,280 pop
- Gairi Rajputon KiPratapnagar mandal1,135 pop
- MukhemPratapnagar mandal1,124 pop
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Villages near Kanda
Other villages in Pratapnagar mandal
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- Deen Gaon
- Bharpur
- Gairi Rajputon Ki
- Mukhem
- Paniyala Lwarkha
- Mukhmal Gaon
- Godri May Kyarki
- Raika
- Banali
- Kholgarh Palla
- Mishrawan Gaon
- Silwal Gaon
- Jakhni
- Haleth
- Bhainga
- Jewala
- Kudi
- Motna
- Ghandiyal Gaon
- Khetpali
- Kuran
- Ramol Gaon
- Rauniya
- Pokhari
- Devel
- Bagi
- Nag
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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)