About Karah Pura Village

Karah Pura is a mid sized village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,162, made up of 563 males and 599 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karah Pura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karah Pura village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode	176056
Area (hectares)	92.57 hectares
Population	1,162
Male Population	563
Female Population	599
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karah Pura compares

By the 2011 count Karah Pura is the 11th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 92.57 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Karah Pura

Karah Pura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karah Pura 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karah Pura from other places

Karah Pura lies about 12 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 5.4 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 Karah Pura
Tehsil headquarters	Nagrota Bagwan	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Nagrota	5.4 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	8.6 km
District headquarters	Kangra	12 km

Villages closest to Karah Pura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagrota Bagwan 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 Karah Pura

As per the Census of India 2011, Karah Pura village had a population of 1,162. That makes it the 11th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Karah Pura village has 563 males and 599 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karah Pura has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Karah Pura is 176056. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karah Pura covers 92.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karah Pura falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karah Pura is Nagrota, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Karah Pura.

Karah Pura is about 12 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karah Pura is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Nagrota Bagwan is about 5.1 km away. Nagrota is about 5.4 km away. Dharamsala is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.