About Karwal Village

Karwal is a small village in Bhalai tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 381, made up of 186 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karwal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhalai
Pincode	176312
Area (hectares)	75.47 hectares
Population	381
Male Population	186
Female Population	195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karwal compares

By the 2011 count Karwal is the 29th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 325 residents. Its 75.47 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Karwal

Karwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karwal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Karwal from other places

Karwal lies about 11 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 40 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 Karwal
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalai	4.1 km
District headquarters	Chamba	11 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	40 km

Villages closest to Karwal

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

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Common questions about Karwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Karwal village had a population of 381. That makes it the 29th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 325 residents.

Karwal village has 186 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karwal has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Karwal is 176312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karwal covers 75.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karwal falls under Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karwal is Nurpur Road, about 40 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 village for Karwal.

Karwal is about 11 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karwal is in Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district. Bhalai is about 4.1 km away. Chamba is about 11 km away. Nurpur Road is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.