The Kandia valley road follows the Kandia Nuddi watercourse (21° 19' 60 N, 86° 55' 0 E), 371 km from Islamabad. It abuts Ghizer (
Shoundoor) on the North,
Kalam on the south, and
Tashkand on the east. The valley four union councils which are UC Thoti, UC Kareen, UC Jashoi, UC Karang and UC Gabral. According to the 2017 census, the total population of the valley was 84400. The valley of the Kandia is prone to natural disasters, primarily
avalanches and
flooding; in August 2011, over 60 people were killed and hundreds of farm livestock swept away by floods. The
Kandia valley road was washed away by extensive flooding, making access to the valley extremely difficult; a road was constructed and carpeted by ERRA amounting to Rs.805 million. After the flood of July 2010, all the road has totally washed away and the access of the inhabitants were too difficult to the main market (Komila), so many diseases attacked the people and died before any health treatments. == See also ==