About Karala Village

Karala is a mid sized village in Dera Bassi tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,933, made up of 1,007 males and 926 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 369 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Dera Bassi
Pincode	140103
Area (hectares)	369 hectares
Population	1,933
Male Population	1,007
Female Population	926
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Karala compares

By the 2011 count Karala is the 23rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 369 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Karala

Karala is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karala 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karala from other places

Karala lies about 40 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 16 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 Karala
Nearest railway station	Barog	16 km
Nearest town	Solan	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Bassi	32 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	40 km

Villages closest to Karala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Bassi 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 Karala

As per the Census of India 2011, Karala village had a population of 1,933. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Karala village has 1,007 males and 926 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karala has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 866.

The pincode recorded for Karala is 140103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karala covers 369 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karala falls under Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Karala is Barog, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Karala.

Karala is about 40 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karala is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Barog is about 16 km away. Solan is about 18 km away. Dera Bassi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.