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About Karoha Kalan Village

Karoha Kalan is a mid sized village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 725, made up of 338 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,145 females per 1000 males. The village covers 289.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karoha Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karoha Kalan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 177103
Area (hectares) 289.99 hectares
Population 725
Male Population 338
Female Population 387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,145
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karoha Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Karoha Kalan is the 40th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 289.99 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Karoha Kalan

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

Karoha Kalan lies about 32 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Daulatpur Chowk, about 15 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 Karoha Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 8.9 km
Nearest railway station Daulatpur Chowk 15 km
Nearest town Talwāra 28 km
District headquarters Kangra 32 km

Villages closest to Karoha Kalan

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 Karoha Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Karoha Kalan village had a population of 725. That makes it the 40th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Karoha Kalan village has 338 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karoha Kalan has about 1145 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Karoha Kalan is 177103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karoha Kalan covers 289.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Karoha Kalan is Daulatpur Chowk, about 15 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 Karoha Kalan.

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

Karoha Kalan is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 8.9 km away. Daulatpur Chowk is about 15 km away. Talwāra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karoha Khurd (1.5 km), Sukahr (1.6 km) and Mandwara (2.1 km).

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

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