About Karpat Village

Karpat is a small village in Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 113 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karpat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karpat village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Udaipur
Pincode	175142
Area (hectares)	257.72 hectares
Population	224
Male Population	113
Female Population	111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karpat compares

By the 2011 count Karpat is the 13th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 135 residents. Its 257.72 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Karpat

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

Karpat lies about 39 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 85 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 Karpat
Tehsil headquarters	Udaipur	14 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	39 km
Nearest town	Chamba	65 km
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	85 km

Villages closest to Karpat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karpat village had a population of 224. That makes it the 13th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 135 residents.

Karpat village has 113 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karpat has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Karpat is 175142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karpat covers 257.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karpat falls under Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karpat is Chamunda Marg, about 85 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 10+ km distance for Karpat.

Karpat is about 39 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karpat is in Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Udaipur is about 14 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 39 km away. Chamba is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.