About Karanpur Village

Karanpur is a mid sized village in Laksar tehsil, in the district of Hardwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,619, made up of 833 males and 786 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 357.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247663, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Hardwar
Tehsil	Laksar
Pincode	247663
Area (hectares)	357.26 hectares
Population	1,619
Male Population	833
Female Population	786
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karanpur compares

By the 2011 count Karanpur is the 51st largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,637 residents. Its 357.26 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 888.

Getting to Karanpur

Karanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karanpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Karanpur from other places

Karanpur lies about 31 km from Hardwar, and the nearest railway station is Laksar Junction, about 5.5 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 Karanpur
Nearest railway station	Laksar Junction	5.5 km
Nearest town	Manglaur	12 km
District headquarters	Hardwar	31 km

Villages closest to Karanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanpur village had a population of 1,619. That makes it the 51st largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,637 residents.

Karanpur village has 833 males and 786 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpur has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Karanpur is 247663. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanpur covers 357.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanpur falls under Laksar tehsil of Hardwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Karanpur is Laksar Junction, about 5.5 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karanpur.

Karanpur is about 31 km from Hardwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpur is in Laksar tehsil of Hardwar district. Laksar Junction is about 5.5 km away. Manglaur is about 12 km away. Hardwar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.