About Karup Village

Karup is a mid sized village in Karakat tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 900, made up of 478 males and 422 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150 hectares hectares.

Karup Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karup village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Karakat
Area (hectares)	150 hectares
Population	900
Male Population	478
Female Population	422
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
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 Karup compares

By the 2011 count Karup is the 81st largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,623 residents. Its 150 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Karup

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

Karup lies about 68 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Ghusia Kalan Halt, about 8.2 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	Karakat	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Ghusia Kalan Halt	8.2 km
Nearest town	Bikramganj	9.6 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	68 km

Villages closest to Karup

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karakat 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 900. That makes it the 81st largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,623 residents.

Karup village has 478 males and 422 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karup has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Karup covers 150 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karup falls under Karakat tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karup is Ghusia Kalan Halt, about 8.2 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 Karup.

Karup is about 68 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 Karakat tehsil of Rohtas district. Karakat is about 5.3 km away. Ghusia Kalan Halt is about 8.2 km away. Bikramganj is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.