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About Karanpur Village

Karanpur is a small village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 136 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 244715, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Nainital
Tehsil Ramnagar
Pincode 244715
Area (hectares) 66.66 hectares
Population 260
Male Population 136
Female Population 124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
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 92nd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 678 residents. Its 66.66 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 955.

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 34 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 3.2 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 Ramnagar 3.2 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 3.9 km
District headquarters Nainital 34 km

Villages closest to Karanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanpur village had a population of 260. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 678 residents.

Karanpur village has 136 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpur has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Karanpur is 244715. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanpur covers 66.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanpur falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Karanpur is Ramnagar, about 3.2 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 34 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpur is in Ramnagar tehsil of Nainital district. Ramnagar is about 3.2 km away. Rāmnagar is about 3.9 km away. Nainital is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dharampur Dhankhola (under 2 km), Gorakhpur (under 2 km) and Bhawanipur (under 2 km).

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

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