Karnah | |
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  Karnah Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India Show map of Jammu and Kashmir Karnah Karnah (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:34°23′53″N73°51′40″E / 34.398°N 73.861°E /34.398; 73.861 | |
| Country |  India |
| State / Union Territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Kupwara |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 193225[1] |
Karnah is an administrativetehsil in theKupwara district of theIndian union territory ofJammu and Kashmir. It is 69 kilometres (43 mi) from the town ofKupwara, the district headquarter, and is the largest tehsil of the district by area.
On 22 March 2023, Indian Army inaugurated the Sharda Devi temple inTeetwal, Karnah in Kupwara district with the support of locals of valley , which is close toLine of Control.[4][5] The architecture and reconstruction of the Maa Sharda Devi temple was done in accordance with the Vedic scriptures under the aegis ofSharada Peeth, and the temple was inaugurated on the first day ofChaitra Navratri.[6]
Karnah tehsil has a total population of 60,129 as per the Census 2011, of which 34,471 are males while 25,658 are females, giving a sex rationratio of 744 females per 1,000 males. In 2011 there were total 11,422 families residing in Karnah Tehsil.Paharis form a majority population in the tehsil. As per Census 2011 out of the total population, 25.8% live in urban areas while 74.2% live in rural areas. The average literacy rate in urban areas is 68.4% while that in the rural[1][permanent dead link] is 59.9%. Also, the sex ratio of urban areas in the tehsil is 587 while that of rural areas is 807.[7]
| Villages inKupwara district | |
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