About Karial Village

Karial is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11, made up of 5 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 7.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karial village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171201
Area (hectares)	7.88 hectares
Population	11
Male Population	5
Female Population	6
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,200
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 Karial compares

By the 2011 count Karial is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 7.88 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 990.

Getting to Karial

Karial is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karial 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 Karial from other places

Karial lies about 16 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 Karial
District headquarters	Shimla	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	16 km

Villages closest to Karial

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karial village had a population of 11. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Karial village has 5 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karial has about 1200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Karial is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karial covers 7.88 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.

Karial falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

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

Karial is about 16 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karial is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla is about 16 km away. Theog is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.