About Karaura Village

Karaura is a mid sized village in Meerganj tehsil, in the district of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 981, made up of 521 males and 460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 305.27 hectares hectares.

Karaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaura village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bareilly
Tehsil	Meerganj
Area (hectares)	305.27 hectares
Population	981
Male Population	521
Female Population	460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karaura compares

By the 2011 count Karaura is the 152nd largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents. Its 305.27 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Karaura

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

Karaura lies about 23 km from Bareilly, and the nearest railway station is Dhaneta, about 6.5 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	Dhaneta	6.5 km
Nearest town	Fatehganj West	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meerganj	23 km
District headquarters	Bareilly	23 km

Villages closest to Karaura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaura village had a population of 981. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents.

Karaura village has 521 males and 460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaura has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

Karaura covers 305.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karaura falls under Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karaura is Dhaneta, about 6.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karaura.

Karaura is about 23 km from Bareilly in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaura is in Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district. Dhaneta is about 6.5 km away. Fatehganj West is about 7.8 km away. Meerganj is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.