Karala, Delhi
Karala is a village in North West Delhi, India. It is a semi-urban area. Its PIN code is 110081.
Karala | |
|---|---|
  Karala Location in Delhi, India | |
| Coordinates: 28.738°N 77.0392°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Delhi |
| District | North West Delhi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi,English |
| • Mother Tongue | Haryanvi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 110081 |
| Civic agency | North Delhi Municipal Corporation |
Demographics
Karala is the largest advance village of Delhi. Permanent residents of this village includes all castes like Brahmins, Baniya, Jat,[1] but in recent years people from different regions resided here who came in search of better livelihood from different regions of India. The village Karala itself have Jat people (MATHUR Gotr) in majority, but nearby colonies have people from different states. Karala has population of 35,730 of which 19,085 are males while 16,645 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Female Sex Ratio is of 872 against state average of 868. Literacy rate of Karala is 86.38%, higher than state average of 86.21%. In Karala, male literacy is around 92.58% while female literacy rate is 79.32%.
| Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Sikh | Buddhist | Jain | Others | Non-stated |
| 35,730 | 94.16% | 3.03% | 0.29% | 1.83% | 0.01% | 0.62% | 0.01% | 0.04% |
How to Reach
Karala village(https://www.facebook.com/Karalavillage/) is almost 5 km far from Mundka Railway Station and Metro Station, distance between Rithala Metro Station and Karala is 10 km or 6.2 miles or 5.4 nautical miles and almost 7 km far from Ghewra Village Railways Station. One can easily reach to Karala Village by getting DTC bus nos. 114, 174, 921, 247, 182, 972A, 741, 962A, 962. There's no direct metro service for Karala but bus services are pretty good and one can easily get there by boarding out at Pitam Pura, Rithala, and Mundka Metro Stations and from there by taking mini private buses or DTC and Orange Cluster buses.
Geography
Nearby villages are Kanjhawala,[2] Mohammadpur Majri, Rani Khera, Sultanpur Dabas and Begumpur.[3] Karala has many small settlements namely Shiv Vihar, Anandpur Dham, Rama Vihar etc. Most of the people who know about Karala do not know about its span.
Local
- "जाट", विकिपीडिया (in Hindi), 25 July 2020, retrieved 14 September 2020
- "Kanjhawala", Wikipedia, 22 August 2020, retrieved 14 September 2020
- "Begumpur, Delhi", Wikipedia, 4 September 2020, retrieved 14 September 2020
Village deity is Dada Mandu, there is a very big and beautiful temple associated to the deity, and is worshiped by not only people of Karala but also by the people of Majri. There is also a big pond adjacent to the temple. Nearing this temple is another beautiful and huge temple of Radha-Krishna, which is also a place of attraction and worship for the locals. There are places of worship for different religions as well, there is a Church, there are Mosques, Gurudwaras, and many more. The village also has a big stadium with a football playground. Karala has its own football club that is KFC(Karala Football Club). The song 'Jo Bhi Main' from the bollywood movie "Rockstar" has been shot in this stadium on December 14, 2010. There is also a park named as Shaheed Bhagat Singh Park, which is situated in the middle of the village called Bazar Panna, where all the trade union meetings held. On the educational institution front, Karala has a Primary Government School, Girls' Senior Secondary Government School, that arranges afternoon shift for boys as well, and many Private Schools. Karala has its own post office but the S.O. office is in Kanjhawala. Karala has its own water tank attached to the Delhi Jal Board old office. Karala has its own Sanskrit Paathshala, situated in Rama Vihar near the very famous Balaji Temple, one of the oldest Sanskrit schools since the English time. There are hospitals, hotels, eat-outs, banks, ATMs and many more services that are of importance in daily life, are easily accessible here.
Administration
The SDM office and the police station is in Kanjhawala. All the judicial activities comes under SDM KANJHAWALA, New Delhi. All the law and order situation fall under the area of Kanjhawala police station. The councillor seat no. 35 comes under Karala administration.Karala village is in Mundka Assembly Constituency (08).