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Karup Population - Rohtas, Bihar

Karup is a large village located in Sheosagar Block of Rohtas district, Bihar with total 459 families residing. The Karup village has population of 2849 of which 1506 are males while 1343 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karup village population of children with age 0-6 is 520 which makes up 18.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karup village is 892 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Karup as per census is 940, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Karup village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Karup village was 72.05 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Karup Male literacy stands at 79.89 % while female literacy rate was 63.15 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Karup village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Karup village.

Karup Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 459 - -
Population 2,849 1,506 1,343
Child (0-6) 520 268 252
Schedule Caste 921 473 448
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.05 % 79.89 % 63.15 %
Total Workers 1,107 687 420
Main Worker 302 - -
Marginal Worker 805 410 395

Caste Factor

Karup village of Rohtas has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.33 % of total population in Karup village. The village Karup currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karup village out of total population, 1107 were engaged in work activities. 27.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1107 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 126 were Agricultural labourer.