About Karan Ghat Village

Karan Ghat is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 497, made up of 219 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,269 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176095, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karan Ghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karan Ghat village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176095
Area (hectares)	76.21 hectares
Population	497
Male Population	219
Female Population	278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,269
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karan Ghat compares

By the 2011 count Karan Ghat is the 28th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 76.21 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Karan Ghat

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

Karan Ghat lies about 40 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Ahju, about 2.3 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 Karan Ghat
Nearest railway station	Ahju	2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	40 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	41 km

Villages closest to Karan Ghat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaisinghpur 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 Karan Ghat

As per the Census of India 2011, Karan Ghat village had a population of 497. That makes it the 28th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Karan Ghat village has 219 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karan Ghat has about 1269 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Karan Ghat is 176095. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karan Ghat covers 76.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karan Ghat falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karan Ghat is Ahju, about 2.3 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 Karan Ghat.

Karan Ghat is about 40 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karan Ghat is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Ahju is about 2.3 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.