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About Karnal Village

Karnal is a mid sized village in Shorapur tehsil, in the district of Yadgir, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,398, made up of 662 males and 736 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,112 females per 1000 males. The village covers 797.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karnal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karnal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Yadgir
Tehsil Shorapur
Pincode 585304
Area (hectares) 797.9 hectares
Population 1,398
Male Population 662
Female Population 736
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,112
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karnal compares

By the 2011 count Karnal is the 86th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 797.9 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 979.

Getting to Karnal

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

Karnal lies about 10 km from Shorapur, and the nearest railway station is Yadgir, about 42 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 Karnal
Tehsil headquarters Shorapur 10 km
Nearest town Shorāpur 10 km
Nearest railway station Yadgir 42 km

Villages closest to Karnal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karnal village had a population of 1,398. That makes it the 86th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Karnal village has 662 males and 736 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karnal has about 1112 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Karnal is 585304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karnal covers 797.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karnal falls under Shorapur tehsil of Yadgir district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karnal is Yadgir, about 42 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karnal.

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

Karnal is in Shorapur tehsil of Yadgir district. Shorapur is about 10 km away. Shorāpur is about 10 km away. Yadgir is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lingadhalli (2.4 km), Halgera (2.5 km) and Choudeshwarhal (3.3 km).

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

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