About Karai Village

Karai is a small village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 42 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,143 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karai village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172201
Area (hectares)	11.98 hectares
Population	90
Male Population	42
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,143
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karai compares

By the 2011 count Karai is the 133rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 11.98 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Karai

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

Karai lies about 59 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 Karai
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	3.1 km
District headquarters	Shimla	59 km

Villages closest to Karai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karai village had a population of 90. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Karai village has 42 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karai has about 1143 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Karai is 172201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karai covers 11.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karai falls under Rampur tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Karai 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 Karai.

Karai is about 59 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karai is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 3.1 km away. Shimla is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.