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About Karyali Village

Karyali is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 36, made up of 18 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karyali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karyali village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171011
Area (hectares) 7 hectares
Population 36
Male Population 18
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karyali compares

By the 2011 count Karyali is the 413th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 7 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Karyali

Karyali is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karyali as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karyali from other places

Karyali lies about 10 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 Karyali
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 10 km
District headquarters Shimla 10 km

Villages closest to Karyali

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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.

Common questions about Karyali

As per the Census of India 2011, Karyali village had a population of 36. That makes it the 413th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Karyali village has 18 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karyali has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Karyali is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karyali covers 7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karyali falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Karyali notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karyali.

Karyali is about 10 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karyali is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 10 km away. Shimla is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanet (under 2 km), Jangal Kufri Chharabra (under 2 km) and Kufri (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karyali today is likely to be higher.

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