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About Karol Village

Karol is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 480, made up of 235 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karol village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 177107
Area (hectares) 132.07 hectares
Population 480
Male Population 235
Female Population 245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karol compares

By the 2011 count Karol is the 87th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 132.07 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Karol

Karol is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karol as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Karol from other places

Karol lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chintpurni Marg, about 18 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 Karol
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 6.1 km
Nearest railway station Chintpurni Marg 18 km
District headquarters Kangra 30 km
Nearest town Talwāra 32 km

Villages closest to Karol

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Karol

As per the Census of India 2011, Karol village had a population of 480. That makes it the 87th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Karol village has 235 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karol has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Karol is 177107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karol covers 132.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karol falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karol is Chintpurni Marg, about 18 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 <5 km distance for Karol.

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

Karol is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 6.1 km away. Chintpurni Marg is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhajnath (under 2 km), Sukehr (under 2 km) and Nalsuha (1.5 km).

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

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