About Karauta Village

Karauta is a large village in Bakhtiarpur tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,539, made up of 1,349 males and 1,190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 803202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karauta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karauta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Bakhtiarpur
Pincode	803202
Area (hectares)	101 hectares
Population	2,539
Male Population	1,349
Female Population	1,190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
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 Karauta compares

By the 2011 count Karauta is the 25th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,455 residents. Its 101 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Karauta

Karauta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karauta 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 Karauta from other places

Karauta lies about 37 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Salim Pur Bihar, about 1.6 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 Karauta
Nearest railway station	Salim Pur Bihar	1.6 km
Nearest town	Bakhtiyārpur	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bakhtiarpur	6.0 km
District headquarters	Patna	37 km

Villages closest to Karauta

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

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Common questions about Karauta

As per the Census of India 2011, Karauta village had a population of 2,539. That makes it the 25th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,455 residents.

Karauta village has 1,349 males and 1,190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karauta has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 874.

The pincode recorded for Karauta is 803202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karauta covers 101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karauta falls under Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karauta is Salim Pur Bihar, about 1.6 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 Karauta.

Karauta is about 37 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karauta is in Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Patna district. Salim Pur Bihar is about 1.6 km away. Bakhtiyārpur is about 5.6 km away. Bakhtiarpur is about 6.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.