About Karnala Village

Karnala is a small village in Chachyot tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 297, made up of 147 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 170539, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karnala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karnala village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Chachyot
Pincode	170539
Area (hectares)	152 hectares
Population	297
Male Population	147
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karnala compares

By the 2011 count Karnala is the 85th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 152 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Karnala

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

Karnala lies about 24 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 47 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 Karnala
Tehsil headquarters	Chachyot	4.8 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	15 km
District headquarters	Mandi	24 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	47 km

Villages closest to Karnala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karnala village had a population of 297. That makes it the 85th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Karnala village has 147 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karnala has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Karnala is 170539. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karnala covers 152 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.

Karnala falls under Chachyot tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karnala is Summer Hill, about 47 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 Karnala.

Karnala is about 24 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karnala is in Chachyot tehsil of Mandi district. Chachyot is about 4.8 km away. Sundarnagar is about 15 km away. Mandi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.