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About Karanpura Village

Karanpura is a mid sized village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 619, made up of 309 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79 hectares hectares.

Karanpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpura village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Khajni
Area (hectares) 79 hectares
Population 619
Male Population 309
Female Population 310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
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 Karanpura compares

By the 2011 count Karanpura is the 318th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 79 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Karanpura

Karanpura is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karanpura 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 Karanpura from other places

Karanpura lies about 22 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sihapar Halt, about 11 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
Tehsil headquarters Khajni 6.6 km
Nearest railway station Sihapar Halt 11 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 17 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 22 km

Villages closest to Karanpura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khajni 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 619. That makes it the 318th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Karanpura village has 309 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpura has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Karanpura covers 79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karanpura falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karanpura is Sihapar Halt, about 11 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 Karanpura.

Karanpura is about 22 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpura is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 6.6 km away. Sihapar Halt is about 11 km away. Khalīlābād 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 Kudawa (under 2 km), Dubauli (under 2 km) and Bargadwa (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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