About Karangla Village

Karangla is a small village in Nankhari tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 356, made up of 178 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karangla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karangla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nankhari
Pincode	172001
Area (hectares)	102 hectares
Population	356
Male Population	178
Female Population	178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karangla compares

By the 2011 count Karangla is the 30th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 102 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Karangla

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

Karangla lies about 44 km from Shimla. 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 Karangla
Tehsil headquarters	Nankhari	4.6 km
District headquarters	Shimla	44 km

Villages closest to Karangla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karangla village had a population of 356. That makes it the 30th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Karangla village has 178 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karangla has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Karangla is 172001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karangla covers 102 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karangla falls under Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Karangla notes the nearest railway station 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 Karangla.

Karangla is about 44 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karangla is in Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district. Nankhari is about 4.6 km away. Shimla is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.