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About Karnali Village

Karnali is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 101, made up of 47 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,149 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karnali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karnali village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Rajgarhi
Pincode 249141
Area (hectares) 37.12 hectares
Population 101
Male Population 47
Female Population 54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,149
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karnali compares

By the 2011 count Karnali is the 153rd largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 37.12 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Karnali

Karnali is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karnali 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karnali from other places

Karnali lies about 17 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 Karnali
District headquarters Uttarkashi 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajgarhi 23 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 30 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 44 km

Villages closest to Karnali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karnali village had a population of 101. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Karnali village has 47 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karnali has about 1149 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Karnali is 249141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karnali covers 37.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karnali falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Karnali 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Karnali.

Karnali is about 17 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karnali is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 17 km away. Rajgarhi is about 23 km away. Mussoorie is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jeshtwari (4.4 km), Dharali (5.1 km) and Khand (6.4 km).

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

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