About Karani Village

Karani is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 203, made up of 99 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karani village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171212
Area (hectares)	68.5 hectares
Population	203
Male Population	99
Female Population	104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karani compares

By the 2011 count Karani is the 159th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 68.5 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Karani

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

Karani lies about 23 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 Karani
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	7.6 km
District headquarters	Shimla	23 km

Villages closest to Karani

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 Karani

As per the Census of India 2011, Karani village had a population of 203. That makes it the 159th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Karani village has 99 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karani has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Karani is 171212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karani covers 68.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Karani 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 Karani.

Karani is about 23 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karani is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 7.6 km away. Shimla is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.