About Karara Village

Karara is a mid sized village in Puraula tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 667, made up of 325 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249185, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karara village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Puraula
Pincode	249185
Area (hectares)	165.28 hectares
Population	667
Male Population	325
Female Population	342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
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 Karara compares

By the 2011 count Karara is the 13th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 165.28 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Karara

Karara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karara 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 Karara from other places

Karara lies about 24 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 44 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 Karara
Tehsil headquarters	Puraula	24 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	24 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	28 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	44 km

Villages closest to Karara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karara village had a population of 667. That makes it the 13th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Karara village has 325 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karara has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Karara is 249185. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karara covers 165.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karara falls under Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Karara is Dehradun, about 44 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 Karara.

Karara is about 24 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karara is in Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Puraula is about 24 km away. Uttarkashi is about 24 km away. Mussoorie is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.