About Karot Village

Karot is a small village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 175, made up of 92 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baijnath
Pincode	176125
Area (hectares)	362.51 hectares
Population	175
Male Population	92
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
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 Karot compares

By the 2011 count Karot is the 144th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 362.51 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1095.

Getting to Karot

Karot is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karot 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 Karot from other places

Karot lies about 35 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Baijnath Paprola, about 6.9 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 Karot
Nearest railway station	Baijnath Paprola	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baijnath	7.2 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km
District headquarters	Kangra	35 km

Villages closest to Karot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karot village had a population of 175. That makes it the 144th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Karot village has 92 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karot has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1095.

The pincode recorded for Karot is 176125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karot covers 362.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karot falls under Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karot is Baijnath Paprola, about 6.9 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 Karot.

Karot is about 35 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karot is in Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district. Baijnath Paprola is about 6.9 km away. Baijnath is about 7.2 km away. Dharamsala is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.