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About Karandi Khurd Village

Karandi Khurd is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 52, made up of 29 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 793 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karandi Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karandi Khurd village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Hiranagar
Pincode 184147
Area (hectares) 34 hectares
Population 52
Male Population 29
Female Population 23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 793
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karandi Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Karandi Khurd is the 184th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 34 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Karandi Khurd

Karandi Khurd is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Karandi Khurd as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Karandi Khurd from other places

Karandi Khurd lies about 15 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chhan Arorian, about 4.5 km away. 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 Karandi Khurd
Nearest railway station Chhan Arorian 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Hiranagar 11 km
District headquarters Kathua 15 km

Villages closest to Karandi Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hiranagar 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 Karandi Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Karandi Khurd village had a population of 52. That makes it the 184th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Karandi Khurd village has 29 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karandi Khurd has about 793 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Karandi Khurd is 184147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karandi Khurd covers 34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karandi Khurd falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Karandi Khurd is Chhan Arorian, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Karandi Khurd is about 15 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karandi Khurd is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Chhan Arorian is about 4.5 km away. Hiranagar is about 11 km away. Kathua is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sanjwan (under 2 km), Ladwal (under 2 km) and Rakh Sarkar Ladwal (under 2 km).

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

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