About Karner Village

Karner is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 307, made up of 150 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176084, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karner Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karner village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176084
Area (hectares)	63.28 hectares
Population	307
Male Population	150
Female Population	157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karner compares

By the 2011 count Karner is the 20th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 63.28 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 1176.

Getting to Karner

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

Karner lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 9.3 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 Karner
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	21 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	28 km

Villages closest to Karner

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karner village had a population of 307. That makes it the 20th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Karner village has 150 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karner has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Karner is 176084. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karner covers 63.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karner falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karner is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 9.3 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 Karner.

Karner is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karner is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 9.3 km away. Dhira is about 21 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.