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About Karauta Village

Karauta is a mid sized village in Chauri Chaura tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,172, made up of 567 males and 605 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312.9 hectares hectares.

Karauta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karauta village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Chauri Chaura
Area (hectares) 312.9 hectares
Population 1,172
Male Population 567
Female Population 605
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karauta compares

By the 2011 count Karauta is the 120th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,155 residents. Its 312.9 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Karauta

Karauta is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karauta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karauta from other places

Karauta lies about 32 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Chauri Chaura, about 16 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 town Rūdarpur 11 km
Nearest railway station Chauri Chaura 16 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 32 km

Villages closest to Karauta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chauri Chaura 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 1,172. That makes it the 120th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,155 residents.

Karauta village has 567 males and 605 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karauta has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Karauta covers 312.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karauta falls under Chauri Chaura tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karauta is Chauri Chaura, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karauta.

Karauta is about 32 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karauta is in Chauri Chaura tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Rūdarpur is about 11 km away. Chauri Chaura is about 16 km away. Gorakhpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jadu Pur (under 2 km), Jamru (under 2 km) and Mishraulia (1.6 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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