About Karaura Village

Karaura is a mid sized village in Sirauli Gauspur tehsil, in the district of Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,240, made up of 645 males and 595 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.68 hectares hectares.

Karaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaura village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Barabanki
Tehsil	Sirauli Gauspur
Area (hectares)	139.68 hectares
Population	1,240
Male Population	645
Female Population	595
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karaura compares

By the 2011 count Karaura is the 57th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,787 residents. Its 139.68 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Karaura

Karaura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karaura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Karaura from other places

Karaura lies about 15 km from Barabanki, and the nearest railway station is Rahmatnagar, about 9.2 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 Karaura
Nearest railway station	Rahmatnagar	9.2 km
Nearest town	Zaidpur	11 km
District headquarters	Barabanki	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sirauli Gauspur	27 km

Villages closest to Karaura

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Karaura

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaura village had a population of 1,240. That makes it the 57th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,787 residents.

Karaura village has 645 males and 595 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaura has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 906.

Karaura covers 139.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karaura falls under Sirauli Gauspur tehsil of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karaura is Rahmatnagar, about 9.2 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 for Karaura.

Karaura is about 15 km from Barabanki in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaura is in Sirauli Gauspur tehsil of Barabanki district. Rahmatnagar is about 9.2 km away. Zaidpur is about 11 km away. Barabanki is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.