About Karganu Village

Karganu is a small village in Thunag tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 341, made up of 167 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175054, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karganu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karganu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Thunag
Pincode	175054
Area (hectares)	243 hectares
Population	341
Male Population	167
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karganu compares

By the 2011 count Karganu is the 58th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 287 residents. Its 243 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Karganu

Karganu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karganu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Karganu from other places

Karganu lies about 42 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 44 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 Karganu
Tehsil headquarters	Thunag	15 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	37 km
District headquarters	Mandi	42 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	44 km

Villages closest to Karganu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karganu village had a population of 341. That makes it the 58th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 287 residents.

Karganu village has 167 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karganu has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Karganu is 175054. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karganu covers 243 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karganu falls under Thunag tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karganu is Summer Hill, about 44 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karganu.

Karganu is about 42 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karganu is in Thunag tehsil of Mandi district. Thunag is about 15 km away. Sundarnagar is about 37 km away. Mandi is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.