About Karhal Village

Karhal is a large village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,762, made up of 1,396 males and 1,366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.7 hectares hectares.

Karhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karhal village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Bansgaon
Area (hectares)	175.7 hectares
Population	2,762
Male Population	1,396
Female Population	1,366
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karhal compares

By the 2011 count Karhal is the 31st largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 175.7 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Karhal

Karhal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karhal as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karhal from other places

Karhal lies about 20 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Domingarh, about 19 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 Karhal
Tehsil headquarters	Bansgaon	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Domingarh	19 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	20 km

Villages closest to Karhal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karhal village had a population of 2,762. That makes it the 31st largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Karhal village has 1,396 males and 1,366 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karhal has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Karhal covers 175.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karhal falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karhal is Domingarh, about 19 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karhal.

Karhal is about 20 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karhal is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Bansgaon is about 5.2 km away. Domingarh is about 19 km away. Gorakhpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.