About Karsal Village

Karsal is a small village in Lad Bharol tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 441, made up of 185 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,384 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karsal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karsal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Lad Bharol
Pincode	176126
Area (hectares)	114.16 hectares
Population	441
Male Population	185
Female Population	256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,384
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karsal compares

By the 2011 count Karsal is the 8th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 114.16 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1262.

Getting to Karsal

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

Karsal lies about 41 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Ahju, about 3.0 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 Karsal
Nearest railway station	Ahju	3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lad Bharol	9.2 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	41 km
District headquarters	Mandi	41 km

Villages closest to Karsal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lad Bharol 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 Karsal

As per the Census of India 2011, Karsal village had a population of 441. That makes it the 8th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Karsal village has 185 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karsal has about 1384 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1262.

The pincode recorded for Karsal is 176126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karsal covers 114.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karsal falls under Lad Bharol tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karsal is Ahju, about 3.0 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 Karsal.

Karsal is about 41 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karsal is in Lad Bharol tehsil of Mandi district. Ahju is about 3.0 km away. Lad Bharol is about 9.2 km away. Dharamsala is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.