About Karup Village

Karup is a large village in Sheosagar tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,849, made up of 1,506 males and 1,343 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177 hectares hectares.

Karup Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karup village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Sheosagar
Area (hectares)	177 hectares
Population	2,849
Male Population	1,506
Female Population	1,343
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
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 9th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents. Its 177 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

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 34 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Khurmabad, about 4.8 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
Nearest railway station	Khurmabad	4.8 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sheosagar	34 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	34 km

Villages closest to Karup

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sheosagar 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 2,849. That makes it the 9th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents.

Karup village has 1,506 males and 1,343 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karup has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Karup covers 177 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karup falls under Sheosagar tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karup is Khurmabad, about 4.8 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 34 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 Sheosagar tehsil of Rohtas district. Khurmabad is about 4.8 km away. Sasarām is about 5.7 km away. Sheosagar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.