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About Karo Village

Karo is a large village in Mariahu tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,875, made up of 1,373 males and 1,502 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 429.09 hectares hectares.

Karo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karo village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Mariahu
Area (hectares) 429.09 hectares
Population 2,875
Male Population 1,373
Female Population 1,502
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,094
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Karo compares

By the 2011 count Karo is the 50th largest of the 591 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents. Its 429.09 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Karo

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

Karo lies about 39 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Suriawan, about 6.1 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 Karo
Nearest railway station Suriawan 6.1 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Mariahu 22 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 39 km

Villages closest to Karo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karo village had a population of 2,875. That makes it the 50th largest of the 591 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents.

Karo village has 1,373 males and 1,502 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karo has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1086.

Karo covers 429.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karo falls under Mariahu tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karo is Suriawan, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available for Karo.

Karo is about 39 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karo is in Mariahu tehsil of Jaunpur district. Suriawan is about 6.1 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 19 km away. Mariahu is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mannaura (2.3 km), Kanti (2.4 km) and Bariyarpur (3.6 km).

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

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