About Karah Village

Karah is a small village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 165 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.68 hectares hectares.

Karah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karah village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Allahabad
Tehsil	Meja
Area (hectares)	109.68 hectares
Population	322
Male Population	165
Female Population	157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
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 Karah compares

By the 2011 count Karah is the 294th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 109.68 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Karah

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

Karah lies about 41 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Madaraha, about 22 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 Karah
Nearest railway station	Madaraha	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meja	28 km
District headquarters	Allahabad	41 km
Nearest town	Prayagraj	41 km

Villages closest to Karah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karah village had a population of 322. That makes it the 294th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Karah village has 165 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karah has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 919.

Karah covers 109.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karah falls under Meja tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karah is Madaraha, about 22 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 Karah.

Karah 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.

Karah is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Madaraha is about 22 km away. Meja is about 28 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.