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About Korap Village

Korap is a large village in Konch tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,908, made up of 1,516 males and 1,392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 611 hectares hectares.

Korap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korap village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Konch
Area (hectares) 611 hectares
Population 2,908
Male Population 1,516
Female Population 1,392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korap compares

By the 2011 count Korap is the 15th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,614 residents. Its 611 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Korap

Korap is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Korap as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Korap from other places

Korap lies about 122 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Baruna, about 7.6 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 Korap
Nearest railway station Baruna 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Konch 8.9 km
Nearest town Dumraon 9.2 km
District headquarters Gaya 122 km

Villages closest to Korap

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korap village had a population of 2,908. That makes it the 15th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,614 residents.

Korap village has 1,516 males and 1,392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korap has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 918.

Korap covers 611 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korap falls under Konch tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Korap is Baruna, about 7.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Korap.

Korap is about 122 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korap is in Konch tehsil of Gaya district. Baruna is about 7.6 km away. Konch is about 8.9 km away. Dumraon is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pakri (6.5 km), Gauharpur (7.3 km) and Kanharpur (7.3 km).

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

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