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About Karanpur Village

Karanpur is a mid sized village in Badlapur tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 633, made up of 314 males and 319 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.2 hectares hectares.

Karanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Badlapur
Area (hectares) 41.2 hectares
Population 633
Male Population 314
Female Population 319
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanpur compares

By the 2011 count Karanpur is the 238th largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents. Its 41.2 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1043.

Getting to Karanpur

Karanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karanpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Karanpur from other places

Karanpur lies about 34 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Harpalganj, about 3.7 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 Karanpur
Nearest railway station Harpalganj 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Badlapur 5.9 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 25 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 34 km

Villages closest to Karanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanpur village had a population of 633. That makes it the 238th largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents.

Karanpur village has 314 males and 319 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpur has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1043.

Karanpur covers 41.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karanpur falls under Badlapur tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karanpur is Harpalganj, about 3.7 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karanpur.

Karanpur is about 34 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpur is in Badlapur tehsil of Jaunpur district. Harpalganj is about 3.7 km away. Badlapur is about 5.9 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarai Chandi (under 2 km), Bahur (under 2 km) and Khajuran (under 2 km).

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

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