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About Karauha Village

Karauha is a mid sized village in Handia tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 997, made up of 551 males and 446 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 809 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.9 hectares hectares.

Karauha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karauha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Handia
Area (hectares) 40.9 hectares
Population 997
Male Population 551
Female Population 446
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 809
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karauha compares

By the 2011 count Karauha is the 343rd largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 40.9 hectares work out to about 24 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 967.

Getting to Karauha

Karauha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karauha 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karauha from other places

Karauha lies about 41 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Meja Road, about 8.3 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 Karauha
Nearest railway station Meja Road 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Handia 26 km
District headquarters Allahabad 41 km
Nearest town Prayagraj 41 km

Villages closest to Karauha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karauha village had a population of 997. That makes it the 343rd largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Karauha village has 551 males and 446 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karauha has about 809 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Karauha covers 40.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karauha falls under Handia tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karauha is Meja Road, about 8.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Karauha.

Karauha is about 41 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karauha is in Handia tehsil of Allahabad district. Meja Road is about 8.3 km away. Handia is about 26 km away. Allahabad is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darhi (1.6 km), Gaharpur Dhobaha (3.2 km) and Gaharpur Siya Dih (3.2 km).

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

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