About Karaur Village

Karaur is a mid sized village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 676, made up of 332 males and 344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Pincode	177301
Area (hectares)	132.1 hectares
Population	676
Male Population	332
Female Population	344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karaur compares

By the 2011 count Karaur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 132.1 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Karaur

Karaur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karaur as Available within village. 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 Karaur from other places

Karaur lies about 30 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 13 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 Karaur
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	23 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	30 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	33 km

Villages closest to Karaur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaur village had a population of 676. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Karaur village has 332 males and 344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaur has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Karaur is 177301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karaur covers 132.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karaur falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karaur is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Karaur.

Karaur is about 30 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaur is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 13 km away. Nadaun is about 23 km away. Hamirpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.