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About Korat Village

Korat is a large village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,314, made up of 1,696 males and 1,618 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1204.3 hectares hectares.

Korat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korat village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Ghorawal
Area (hectares) 1204.3 hectares
Population 3,314
Male Population 1,696
Female Population 1,618
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 954
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korat compares

By the 2011 count Korat is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 1204.3 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Korat

Korat is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Korat as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Korat from other places

Korat lies about 27 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Chopan, 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 Korat
Tehsil headquarters Ghorawal 16 km
Nearest railway station Chopan 24 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 27 km
Nearest town Robertsganj 27 km

Villages closest to Korat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korat village had a population of 3,314. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Korat village has 1,696 males and 1,618 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korat has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

Korat covers 1204.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korat falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Korat is Chopan, about 24 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 within 10+ km distance for Korat.

Korat is about 27 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korat is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 16 km away. Chopan is about 24 km away. Sonbhadra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Silapi (2.9 km), Jamua (3.4 km) and Jamuai (3.4 km).

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

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