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Kandwa
census town
Interactive map of Kandwa
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Varanasi
Population  (2001)
• Total	7,762
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Kandwa is acensus town inVaranasi district in theIndianstate ofUttar Pradesh.

At the 2001 Indiacensus,^[1] Kandwa had a population of 7,762. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Kandwa had an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 74%, and female literacy was 52%. In Kandwa, 17% of the population was under 6 years of age.

Karmdeshwer Temple is situated in Kandwa. The people of Kandwa believe that Shiv Jee's first steps in Varanasi were in Kandwa.^{[citation needed]}

9°13′00″N1°51′00″W / 9.2167°N 1.8500°W /9.2167; -1.8500

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