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About Karauta Village

Karauta is a mid sized village in Bhanpur tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 560, made up of 278 males and 282 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.66 hectares hectares.

Karauta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karauta village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Bhanpur
Area (hectares) 92.66 hectares
Population 560
Male Population 278
Female Population 282
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Karauta compares

By the 2011 count Karauta is the 218th largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 850 residents. Its 92.66 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Karauta

Karauta 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 Karauta 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 Karauta from other places

Karauta lies about 162 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Lohta, about 4.3 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 Karauta
Nearest railway station Lohta 4.3 km
Nearest town Varanasi 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhanpur 17 km
District headquarters Basti 162 km

Villages closest to Karauta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karauta village had a population of 560. That makes it the 218th largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 850 residents.

Karauta village has 278 males and 282 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karauta has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 997.

Karauta covers 92.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karauta falls under Bhanpur tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karauta is Lohta, about 4.3 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 Karauta.

Karauta is about 162 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karauta is in Bhanpur tehsil of Basti district. Lohta is about 4.3 km away. Varanasi is about 12 km away. Bhanpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bankata (1.7 km), Kakrahia (1.9 km) and Karahia (1.9 km).

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

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