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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DHARMENDRA CHAUDHARI
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- LGD code
- 252491
- Pincode
- 802219
- Post office
- Rajpur (Rohtas)
- Population
- 892
- Households
- 105
- Literacy rate
- 75.7%
- Sex ratio
- 866 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 371
Census 2011 · in context
How Karup compares
By population, Karup ranks #46 of 56 villages in Akorhi Gola mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.7%
+15.4% vs mandal average
- Karup
- 75.7%
- Akorhi Gola mandal
- 60.3%
- Rohtas district
- 60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
866
−52 vs mandal average
- Karup
- 866
- Akorhi Gola mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
8.5
+2.1 vs mandal average
- Karup
- 8.5
- Akorhi Gola mandal
- 6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karup at a glance
Karup is a village of 892 people in 105 households (Census 2011) in Akorhi Gola block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 46th-largest of 56 villages in Akorhi Gola block. Literacy is 76%, 15 points above the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 866 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802219, served by Rajpur (Rohtas) post office; the LGD village code is 252491. The sarpanch is DHARMENDRA CHAUDHARI, and the village votes in Nokha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nagendra Chandravanshi. The population is estimated at 1,052 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karup
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- DEHRI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Tetrarh
- Total area (ha)
- 98.2
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 81.52
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karup
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Key facts — Karup
- LGD code
- 252491
- Pincode
- 802219
- Post office
- Rajpur (Rohtas)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 892
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,052
- Households
- 105
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 866
- Literacy rate
- 75.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Karakat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nokha
- Member of Parliament
- Raja Ram Kushwaha
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nagendra Chandravanshi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DHARMENDRA CHAUDHARI
- Block / Mandal
- Akorhi Gola
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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