About Karal Village

Karal is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 83, made up of 43 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176030
Area (hectares)	41.91 hectares
Population	83
Male Population	43
Female Population	40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karal compares

By the 2011 count Karal is the 152nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 41.91 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Karal

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

Karal lies about 22 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Karal
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	22 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	35 km

Villages closest to Karal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karal village had a population of 83. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Karal village has 43 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karal has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Karal is 176030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karal covers 41.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karal falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karal is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 village for Karal.

Karal is about 22 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karal is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about under 2 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.