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About Karaunda Village

Karaunda is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 438, made up of 233 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.55 hectares hectares.

Karaunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaunda village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 84.55 hectares
Population 438
Male Population 233
Female Population 205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karaunda compares

By the 2011 count Karaunda is the 463rd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 84.55 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Karaunda

Karaunda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karaunda as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Karaunda from other places

Karaunda lies about 24 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Nigohi, about 5.2 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
Nearest railway station Nigohi 5.2 km
Nearest town Pawāyan 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 24 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 24 km

Villages closest to Karaunda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Powayan 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 438. That makes it the 463rd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Karaunda village has 233 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaunda has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Karaunda covers 84.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karaunda falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karaunda is Nigohi, about 5.2 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 for Karaunda.

Karaunda is about 24 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaunda is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Nigohi is about 5.2 km away. Pawāyan is about 17 km away. Powayan is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chakja Karaunda (under 2 km), Tirthapur (under 2 km) and Ganpatpur (1.6 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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