About Karup Village

Karup is a mid sized village in Akorhi Gola tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 892, made up of 478 males and 414 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.2 hectares hectares.

Karup Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karup village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Akorhi Gola
Area (hectares)	98.2 hectares
Population	892
Male Population	478
Female Population	414
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karup compares

By the 2011 count Karup is the 46th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,267 residents. Its 98.2 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Karup

Karup is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karup as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Karup from other places

Karup lies about 54 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Garhnokha, about 12 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 Karup
Tehsil headquarters	Akorhi Gola	7.7 km
Nearest town	Madhurampur Dehri	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Garhnokha	12 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	54 km

Villages closest to Karup

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Akorhi Gola 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 Karup

As per the Census of India 2011, Karup village had a population of 892. That makes it the 46th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,267 residents.

Karup village has 478 males and 414 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karup has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Karup covers 98.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karup falls under Akorhi Gola tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karup is Garhnokha, about 12 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 village for Karup.

Karup is about 54 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karup is in Akorhi Gola tehsil of Rohtas district. Akorhi Gola is about 7.7 km away. Madhurampur Dehri is about 7.7 km away. Garhnokha is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.