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About Karauni Village

Karauni is a mid sized village in Sirauli Gauspur tehsil, in the district of Bara Banki, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,737, made up of 900 males and 837 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 367.36 hectares hectares.

Karauni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karauni village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bara Banki
Tehsil Sirauli Gauspur
Area (hectares) 367.36 hectares
Population 1,737
Male Population 900
Female Population 837
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Karauni compares

By the 2011 count Karauni is the 58th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents. Its 367.36 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Karauni

Karauni 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 Karauni as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karauni from other places

Karauni lies about 40 km from Bara Banki, and the nearest railway station is Ghaghara Ghat, about 12 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 Karauni
Nearest railway station Ghaghara Ghat 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sirauli Gauspur 14 km
Nearest town Colonelganj 19 km
District headquarters Bara Banki 40 km

Villages closest to Karauni

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sirauli Gauspur 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 Karauni

As per the Census of India 2011, Karauni village had a population of 1,737. That makes it the 58th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents.

Karauni village has 900 males and 837 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karauni has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

Karauni covers 367.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karauni falls under Sirauli Gauspur tehsil of Bara Banki district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karauni is Ghaghara Ghat, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Karauni is about 40 km from Bara Banki in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karauni is in Sirauli Gauspur tehsil of Bara Banki district. Ghaghara Ghat is about 12 km away. Sirauli Gauspur is about 14 km away. Colonelganj is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Telwari (under 2 km), Gedrapur (1.9 km) and Atarauli (2.5 km).

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

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