About Karhi Village

Karhi is a mid sized village in Sarila tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,219, made up of 652 males and 567 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 552.21 hectares hectares.

Karhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karhi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Sarila
Area (hectares)	552.21 hectares
Population	1,219
Male Population	652
Female Population	567
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Karhi compares

By the 2011 count Karhi is the 53rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents. Its 552.21 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 842.

Getting to Karhi

Karhi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karhi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karhi from other places

Karhi lies about 32 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 14 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 Karhi
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarila	32 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	32 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	35 km

Villages closest to Karhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karhi village had a population of 1,219. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents.

Karhi village has 652 males and 567 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karhi has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 842.

Karhi covers 552.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karhi falls under Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karhi is Jawalamukhi Road, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Karhi is about 32 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karhi is in Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 14 km away. Sarila is about 32 km away. Hamirpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.