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About Karaunda Village

Karaunda is a large village in Nanpara tehsil, in the district of Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,856, made up of 1,565 males and 1,291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 560.01 hectares hectares.

Karaunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaunda village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bahraich
Tehsil Nanpara
Area (hectares) 560.01 hectares
Population 2,856
Male Population 1,565
Female Population 1,291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 825
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karaunda compares

By the 2011 count Karaunda is the 153rd largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,934 residents. Its 560.01 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Karaunda

Karaunda is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karaunda as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karaunda from other places

Karaunda lies about 20 km from Bahraich, and the nearest railway station is Matera, 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 Karaunda
Nearest railway station Matera 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Nanpara 14 km
Nearest town Nānpāra 14 km
District headquarters Bahraich 20 km

Villages closest to Karaunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaunda village had a population of 2,856. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,934 residents.

Karaunda village has 1,565 males and 1,291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaunda has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 895.

Karaunda covers 560.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karaunda falls under Nanpara tehsil of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karaunda is Matera, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Karaunda.

Karaunda is about 20 km from Bahraich in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaunda is in Nanpara tehsil of Bahraich district. Matera is about 4.8 km away. Nanpara is about 14 km away. Nānpāra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Daulatpur (2.2 km), Siswara (2.5 km) and Bhopatpur Belwa (2.9 km).

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

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