Karhal is a town and Nagar Panchayat located in the Mainpuri district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves as an administrative center within the region, functioning as a tehsil that is subdivided into two distinct blocks: Karhal and Barnahal.
The area also constitutes one of the Vidhan Sabha constituencies for the state of Uttar Pradesh. As a local administrative unit, it provides governance and infrastructure services to its surrounding rural and urban populations within the Mainpuri district.