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About Karanpura Village

Karanpura is a mid sized village in Mohammadabad tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,762, made up of 949 males and 813 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.32 hectares hectares.

Karanpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpura village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Mohammadabad
Area (hectares) 93.32 hectares
Population 1,762
Male Population 949
Female Population 813
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 857
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karanpura compares

By the 2011 count Karanpura is the 130th largest of the 806 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,019 residents. Its 93.32 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Karanpura

Karanpura 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 Karanpura as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Karanpura from other places

Karanpura lies about 16 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Yusufpur, about 1.5 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 Karanpura
Nearest railway station Yusufpur 1.5 km
Nearest town Muhammadābād 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohammadabad 16 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 16 km

Villages closest to Karanpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanpura village had a population of 1,762. That makes it the 130th largest of the 806 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,019 residents.

Karanpura village has 949 males and 813 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpura has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Karanpura covers 93.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karanpura falls under Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karanpura is Yusufpur, about 1.5 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 within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available for Karanpura.

Karanpura is about 16 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpura is in Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district. Yusufpur is about 1.5 km away. Muhammadābād is about 2.1 km away. Mohammadabad is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Adelabad (under 2 km), Bakharipuar (under 2 km) and Chaubaypur (under 2 km).

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

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