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About Karaunda Village

Karaunda is a large village in Marihan tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,646, made up of 1,367 males and 1,279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 572.87 hectares hectares.

Karaunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaunda village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mirzapur
Tehsil Marihan
Area (hectares) 572.87 hectares
Population 2,646
Male Population 1,367
Female Population 1,279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karaunda compares

By the 2011 count Karaunda is the 20th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents. Its 572.87 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Karaunda

Karaunda 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 Karaunda as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karaunda from other places

Karaunda lies about 25 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Jhingura, about 24 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 Karaunda
Tehsil headquarters Marihan 9.2 km
Nearest railway station Jhingura 24 km
District headquarters Mirzapur 25 km
Nearest town Mirzāpur 25 km

Villages closest to Karaunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaunda village had a population of 2,646. That makes it the 20th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents.

Karaunda village has 1,367 males and 1,279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaunda has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 918.

Karaunda covers 572.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karaunda falls under Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karaunda is Jhingura, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Karaunda is about 25 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaunda is in Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district. Marihan is about 9.2 km away. Jhingura is about 24 km away. Mirzapur 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 Karauda (under 2 km), Malua (2.6 km) and Amoi (3.5 km).

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

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