KÁNDÍ, a town in Murshidâbâd district, Bengal, India, in 23° 58' N. lat., 88° 5' 1" E. long., with a population in 1872 of 12,016, viz., Hindus, 10, 452; Mahometans, 1516; “others,” 48. It is the residence of the râjâs of Pâikpârâ, a wealthy and devout Hindu family. The founder of this family was Gangà Govind Sinh, the bania of Warren Hastings, who was born at Kândi, and retired thither in his old age with an immense fortune. His name has acquired celebrity for the most magnificent sraddha, or funeral obsequies, ever performed in Bengal, celebrated in honour of his mother, at a cost, it is said, of £200,000.