# Kandas Village, Devprayag, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Devprayag, Tehri Garhwal 

# Kandas

Kandas is a village in Devprayag sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **170 people in 38 households**, the 183rd largest of 365 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.

- 170people (2011)
- 38households
- 69.9%literacy
- 1,152females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandas

Of every 100 households in Kandas in 2011, 82 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kandas · ■ Devprayag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**51%

Tap water ****85%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**67%

Use banking services ****100%**

**93%

Television ****38%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**22%

Own their home ****92%**

**92%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kandas?

■ Kandas · ■ Devprayag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**75.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1152**

**1122

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1455**

**888

Working population ****51.8%**

**46.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 58.7% for women. 53% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 84 (95%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Devprayag

- Dov178 people
- Takoli176 people
- Mathud Gaon175 people
- Kwili173 people
- Musmola167 people
- Dewald Gaon165 people
- Khola165 people
- Par Pundoli165 people

[All 378 villages in Devprayag](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/tehri-garhwal/devprayag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandas?170 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandas in?Tehri Garhwal district (Devprayag sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kandas?69.9% (Census 2011)