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About Karu Village

Karu is a small village in Anini tehsil, in the district of Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 63, made up of 29 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,172 females per 1000 males.

Karu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karu village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Dibang Valley
Tehsil Anini
Population 63
Male Population 29
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,172
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karu compares

By the 2011 count Karu is the 14th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 47 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Karu

Karu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karu from other places

Karu lies about 17 km from Dibang Valley, and the nearest railway station is Pasighat, about 103 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Karu
Tehsil headquarters Anini under 2 km
District headquarters Dibang Valley 17 km
Nearest town Pāsighāt 99 km
Nearest railway station Pasighat 103 km

Villages closest to Karu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Anini tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Karu

As per the Census of India 2011, Karu village had a population of 63. That makes it the 14th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 47 residents.

Karu village has 29 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karu has about 1172 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Karu falls under Anini tehsil of Dibang Valley district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karu is Pasighat, about 103 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karu.

Karu is about 17 km from Dibang Valley in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karu is in Anini tehsil of Dibang Valley district. Anini is about under 2 km away. Dibang Valley is about 17 km away. Pāsighāt is about 99 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akunli (under 2 km), Tanga 2 (under 2 km) and Nulumbo (1.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karu today is likely to be higher.

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