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About Korau Village

Korau is a large village in Ghatampur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,788, made up of 1,574 males and 1,214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 771 females per 1000 males. The village covers 593.27 hectares hectares.

Korau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korau village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Nagar
Tehsil Ghatampur
Area (hectares) 593.27 hectares
Population 2,788
Male Population 1,574
Female Population 1,214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 771
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Korau compares

By the 2011 count Korau is the 54th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents. Its 593.27 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Korau

Korau is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Korau as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korau from other places

Korau lies about 45 km from Kanpur Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Karbigwan, about 17 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 Korau
Nearest railway station Karbigwan 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghatampur 21 km
Nearest town Ghātampur 21 km
District headquarters Kanpur Nagar 45 km

Villages closest to Korau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korau village had a population of 2,788. That makes it the 54th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents.

Korau village has 1,574 males and 1,214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korau has about 771 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 862.

Korau covers 593.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korau falls under Ghatampur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Korau is Karbigwan, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Korau.

Korau is about 45 km from Kanpur Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korau is in Ghatampur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district. Karbigwan is about 17 km away. Ghatampur is about 21 km away. Ghātampur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kohra (under 2 km), Koratha (under 2 km) and Birhar (8.2 km).

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

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