About Karnol Village

Karnol is a small village in Harchakian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 148, made up of 70 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,114 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karnol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karnol village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Harchakian
Pincode	176210
Area (hectares)	43.86 hectares
Population	148
Male Population	70
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,114
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karnol compares

By the 2011 count Karnol is the 38th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 43.86 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1124.

Getting to Karnol

Karnol is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karnol as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karnol from other places

Karnol lies about 13 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Meghrajpura, about 6.2 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 Karnol
Nearest railway station	Meghrajpura	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harchakian	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	13 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	22 km

Villages closest to Karnol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karnol village had a population of 148. That makes it the 38th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Karnol village has 70 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karnol has about 1114 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1124.

The pincode recorded for Karnol is 176210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karnol covers 43.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karnol falls under Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karnol is Meghrajpura, about 6.2 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 village for Karnol.

Karnol is about 13 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karnol is in Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district. Meghrajpura is about 6.2 km away. Harchakian is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.