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Karas Population - Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Karas is a medium size village located in Jakhnidhar Tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand with total 67 families residing. The Karas village has population of 287 of which 118 are males while 169 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karas village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 12.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karas village is 1432 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Karas as per census is 800, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Karas village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Karas village was 79.68 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Karas Male literacy stands at 89.80 % while female literacy rate was 73.20 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Karas village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Karas village.

Karas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 67 - -
Population 287 118 169
Child (0-6) 36 20 16
Schedule Caste 54 23 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.68 % 89.80 % 73.20 %
Total Workers 140 47 93
Main Worker 138 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.82 % of total population in Karas village. The village Karas currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karas village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 98.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.