About Karaur Village

Karaur is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 135 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176076, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176076
Area (hectares)	55.04 hectares
Population	286
Male Population	135
Female Population	151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,119
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karaur compares

By the 2011 count Karaur is the 220th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 55.04 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Karaur

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

Karaur lies about 32 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Majheran Himachal, about 3.2 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 Karaur
Nearest railway station	Majheran Himachal	3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	11 km
District headquarters	Kangra	32 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	34 km

Villages closest to Karaur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaur village had a population of 286. That makes it the 220th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Karaur village has 135 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaur has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Karaur is 176076. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karaur covers 55.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karaur falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karaur is Majheran Himachal, about 3.2 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 Karaur.

Karaur is about 32 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaur is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Majheran Himachal is about 3.2 km away. Palampur is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.