According to the mid 2022 official estimates, the population of the district was 49,604 people spread across 4 urban kelurahan and 14 rural villages (desa).

Around the end of October and early November 1950, Kandangan was invaded three times by KjRT forces led by Ibnu Hadjar in response to the government's military operations to quell the insurgency.

A district head (camat) is appointed directly by the regent with recommendation from the regency secretary.

[4] On regency level, the district is part of South Hulu Sungai 1st electoral district together with Sungai Raya, Simpur, and Kalumpang, sends 11 out of 30 representatives to regency's parliament.

There's only one higher education institution in the district, Darul Umum Islamic College.

All 18 subdistricts and villages within the district has access to electricity and the main road has adequate street lamp as of 2019.

[4] Total length of roads in the district is 131.27 kilometers, from which all have been paved with asphalt and in general have good condition according to Statistics Indonesia on 2019.