Kandwa is a census town in Varanasi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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

Demographics

At the 2001 India census,[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]}

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