Kerakat Tehsil - Jaunpur District, Uttar Pradesh

Kerakat is an administrative tehsil in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Kerakat is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Kirakat, while the nearest airport is Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 17.1 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 593 km², including 589.02 km² rural area and 4.44 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 1048 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Kerakat Tehsil

Kerakat Tehsil has a total of 425 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Abahadpur	Rural	Abahadpur
2	Abdullapur	Rural	Gaushpur Maniyara
3	Ahan	Rural	Ahan
4	Ailia	Rural	Ailia
5	Ajorpur	Rural	Ajorpur
6	Akbarpur	Rural	Akbarpur
7	Akhaipur	Rural	Akhaipur
8	Amara	Rural	Amara
9	Amhit	Rural	Amhit
10	Amilia Sani	Rural	Ghuttha
11	Amiliya	Rural	Amiliya
12	Ammarpur	Rural	Naharpatti
13	Amrauna	Rural	Amrauna
14	Amuwar	Rural	Jarasi
15	Anegpur	Rural	Khujjhi
16	Arazi Ailia	Rural	Ailia
17	Arazi Chhati Dih	Rural	Chhatidih
18	Arazi Hariharpur	Rural	Hariharpur
19	Arazi Jarasi	Rural	Koilari
20	Arazi Koilari	Rural	Koilari
21	Arazi Thana Gaddi	Rural	Thana Gaddi
22	Arzi Deoli	Rural	Amara
23	Asbaranpur	Rural	Asbaranpur
24	Ashapur	Rural	Ashapur
25	Asmanpatti	Rural	Baraie
26	Aswara	Rural	Aswara
27	Ataharpar	Rural	Ataharpar
28	Atraura	Rural	Atraura
29	Auri	Rural	Kusaila
30	Auwar	Rural	Auwar
31	Badwa	Rural	Padarakchakot
32	Badwar	Rural	Matiyari
33	Bagahi	Rural	Belhari
34	Bagerwa	Rural	Bambawan
35	Bagerwan	Rural	Bagerwa
36	Bagi	Rural	Deorai
37	Bagthari	Rural	Bagthari
38	Bahiri	Rural	Bahiri
39	Bahuri	Rural	Chawari
40	Bairagiya	Rural	Balaipur
41	Baktahi	Rural	Dhanarkha
42	Balaipur	Rural	Balaipur
43	Balirampur	Rural	Balrampur
44	Balua	Rural	Balua
45	Balua Bijaipur	Rural	Devlaspur
46	Baluhi	Rural	Matiyari
47	Bambawan	Rural	Bambawan
48	Banjarepur	Rural	Banjare Pur
49	Bansbari	Rural	Baswari
50	Bantari	Rural	Bantari
51	Barahimpur	Rural	Parapati
52	Barahpur	Rural	Bahiri
53	Barai	Rural	Baraie
54	Barai	Rural	Barai
55	Baraichha	Rural	Baraichha
56	Baraichhabir	Rural	Baraichhabir
57	Barauti	Rural	Barauti
58	Bardiha	Rural	Bardiha
59	Bari	Rural	Bari
60	Barmalpur	Rural	Barmalpur
61	Basgit	Rural	Basgit
62	Basupatti	Rural	Sosapatti
63	Behara	Rural	Behara
64	Bela	Rural	Rehari
65	Belawon	Rural	Belaw
66	Belhari	Rural	Belhari
67	Bhadehari	Rural	Bhadehari
68	Bhadeora	Rural	Bhadeora
69	Bhagtauli	Rural	Padarakchakot
70	Bhainsa	Rural	Bhainsa
71	Bhairo Bhanpur	Rural	Bhairo Bhanpur
72	Bhaupur	Rural	Bhaupur
73	Bhaura	Rural	Bhaura
74	Bhawnathpur	Rural	Bhawnathpur
75	Bhawsinghpur	Rural	Bhawsinghpur
76	Bhimpur	Rural	Bhimpur
77	Bhitari	Rural	Bhitari
78	Bhogipatti	Rural	Bhogipatti
79	Bhuili	Rural	Bhuili
80	Bhulandih	Rural	Bhulandih
81	Biban Mau	Rural	Biban Mau
82	Bihardai	Rural	Bihardar
83	Bijaipur	Rural	Vijayipur
84	Bijhwar Sagar	Rural	Bijhwar Sagar
85	Bijhwar Sarang	Rural	Bijhwar Sagar
86	Binde	Rural	Bind
87	Birampur	Rural	Birampur
88	Birbhanpur	Rural	Ramgarh
89	Biri-Bari	Rural	Biribari
90	Bisapur	Rural	Panihar
91	Bisauri	Rural	Bisauri
92	Bisenpur	Rural	Mahuwari
93	Bishun Pur Lebrua	Rural	Bishunpur Lebrua
94	Bishunpur	Rural	Ratnupur
95	Bishunpurwa	Rural	Rasra
96	Bodari	Rural	Bodari
97	Bodasar Khurd	Rural	Bodasar Khurd
98	Bodsarkalan	Rural	Bodsarkalan
99	Braamanpur	Rural	Baramanpur
100	Brahamanpur	Rural	Baramanpur
101	Brahmanpur	Rural	Brahmanpur Jhamaka
102	Chak Bhupal	Rural	Mukuripur
103	Chak Bisanw	Rural	Rampur Soiri
104	Chak Govindpur	Rural	Bhairo Bhanpur
105	Chak Jamin	Rural	Kusaila
106	Chak Kasba	Rural	Sihauli
107	Chak Ram Nagar	Rural	Makhdumpur
108	Chak Sudisukul	Rural	Mahuwari
109	Chakkubara	Rural	Belhari
110	Chakmadhoram	Rural	Barauti
111	Chakpali	Rural	Haripur
112	Chakpandepur	Rural	Baramanpur
113	Chakra	Rural	Chakra
114	Chaksudi	Rural	Nihalapur
115	Chaktand	Rural	Hariharpur
116	Chaktari	Rural	Tusauri
117	Chandepur	Rural	Chandepur
118	Chandwak	Rural	Chandwak
119	Charanadih	Rural	Puranpur
120	Chaubepur	Rural	Barauti
121	Chaukian	Rural	Chaukian
122	Chaura	Rural	Chaura
123	Chauri	Rural	Chawari
124	Chawarwar	Rural	Barauti
125	Chhatari	Rural	Chhatari
126	Chhataripur	Rural	Chhataripur
127	Chhati Dih	Rural	Chhatidih
128	Chhitauna	Rural	Chhitauna
129	Chhitauna	Rural	Chhitaona
130	Chhunapur	Rural	Mahapur
131	Chitaipur	Rural	Rampur Soiri
132	Chitkon	Rural	Chitko
133	Darbeshpur	Rural	Darbeshpur
134	Daudpur	Rural	Senapur
135	Dehari	Rural	Dehari
136	Deokali	Rural	Devkali
137	Deoli Adai	Rural	Amara
138	Deorai	Rural	Deorai
139	Deruwana	Rural	Deduwana
140	Devakalpur	Rural	Kakori Dewakalpur
141	Devlaspur	Rural	Devlaspur
142	Devnath Pur	Rural	Thana Gaddi
143	Dewakalpur	Rural	Dewakalpur
144	Dewar	Rural	Bhimpur
145	Dhanapur	Rural	Suraila
146	Dhanarkha	Rural	Dhanarkha
147	Dharanw	Rural	Dharanw
148	Dharaura	Rural	Dharaura
149	Diha	Rural	Bhimpur
150	Dihakot	Rural	Surakpur
151	Dingurpur	Rural	Oina
152	Dobhi Khas	Rural	Mukuripur
153	Dudhaura	Rural	Dudhaura
154	Dugauli	Rural	Hanuadih
155	Ek Lakhi Mandupur	Rural	Umari
156	Ekauni	Rural	Ekauni
157	Faridpur	Rural	Suraila
158	Faridpur	Rural	Chandwak
159	Gaddipur	Rural	Gaddipur
160	Gangauli	Rural	Gangauli
161	Gaur	Rural	Lalpur
162	Gauspur	Rural	Gaushpur Maniyara
163	Ghordaur	Rural	Ghurdaur
164	Ghurahupur	Rural	Ghurahupur
165	Ghusanw	Rural	Naharpatti
166	Ghuttha	Rural	Ghuttha
167	Gobra	Rural	Gobra
168	Gopalpur	Rural	Khathara
169	Gopalpur	Rural	Mojra
170	Gopalpur	Rural	Bhitari
171	Gopipur	Rural	Chawari
172	Gothauli	Rural	Bihardar
173	Govindpur	Rural	Bhairo Bhanpur
174	Gulara	Rural	Gulara
175	Habusahi	Rural	Habusahi
176	Hanuadih	Rural	Hanuadih
177	Hardasipur	Rural	Chandwak
178	Hardattapur	Rural	Mahapur
179	Hardhan	Rural	Majhili
180	Hari Karan Patti	Rural	Dewakalpur
181	Hariharpur	Rural	Hariharpur
182	Haripur	Rural	Haripur
183	Hasanpur	Rural	Pauni
184	Hasanpur	Rural	Khargasipur
185	Hatwa	Rural	Hatwa
186	Hirapur Machahati	Rural	Hirapur Machahati
187	Hisampur	Rural	Hisampur
188	Hurhuri	Rural	Hurhuri
189	Inruwa	Rural	Laharchak
190	Ismaila Bhairodayal	Rural	Raksawa Takiyaram
191	Ismaila Durga Prasad	Rural	Raksawa Takiyaram
192	Ismaila Sitala Prasad	Rural	Raksawa Takiyaram
193	Itahara	Rural	Bhimpur
194	Itaili	Rural	Itaili
195	Jagapur	Rural	Jagapur
196	Jagdishpur Amra	Rural	Amara
197	Jagdishpur Murtazabad	Rural	Dewakalpur
198	Jamsar	Rural	Jamsar
199	Jamua	Rural	Jamua
200	Jamuari	Rural	Jamuari
201	Jamunibari	Rural	Rasra
202	Jarahila Kalan	Rural	Jarahila Kalan
203	Jarahila Khurd	Rural	Jarahila Kalan
204	Jarasi	Rural	Jarasi
205	Jarayat Patti	Rural	Sihauli
206	Kachwan	Rural	Kachwan
207	Kadahara	Rural	Kadahara
208	Kaithauli	Rural	Mahapur
209	Kakori	Rural	Kakori Dewakalpur
210	Kakori	Rural	Kakori
211	Kakrapar	Rural	Kakrapar
212	Kalichabad	Rural	Parauwa
213	Kanaura	Rural	Kanaura
214	Kanhai Pur	Rural	Tadwa
215	Kanhauli	Rural	Kanhauli
216	Kanuwani	Rural	Kanuwani
217	Kardaha	Rural	Kardaha
218	Karmauna	Rural	Bhawsinghpur
219	Karnehua Uchehua	Rural	Karnehua Uchehua
220	Kasba Kerakat	Rural	Sihauli
221	Kashidaspur	Rural	Habusahi
222	Kasili	Rural	Bhulandih
223	Kasturipur	Rural	Tariyari
224	Katahari	Rural	Katahari
225	Katka	Rural	Ghurahupur
226	Keraon	Rural	Purew
227	Kevati	Rural	Birampur
228	Khaliakhas	Rural	Khaliakhas
229	Khalispur Kalan	Rural	Bhawnathpur
230	Khalispur Khurd	Rural	Khalispur Khurd
231	Khaliyabankat	Rural	Barauti
232	Kharagpur	Rural	Darbeshpur
233	Kharagsenpur	Rural	Kharagsenpur
234	Khargasipur	Rural	Khargasipur
235	Khatahara	Rural	Puranpur
236	Khathara	Rural	Khathara
237	Khepatpur	Rural	Sahabuddinpur
238	Khetarpal	Rural	Narainpur
239	Khewsipur	Rural	Khewsipur
240	Khujjhi	Rural	Khujjhi
241	Khutahna	Rural	Jarahila Kalan
242	Kirha Chhitauna	Rural	Hariharpur
243	Kohari	Rural	Kohari
244	Koilari	Rural	Koilari
245	Kop Kalan	Rural	Mukuripur
246	Kop Khurd	Rural	Mukuripur
247	Kopa	Rural	Kopa
248	Korri	Rural	Korri
249	Kukraundha	Rural	Chakra
250	Kukuripur	Rural	Darbeshpur
251	Kundi	Rural	Kundi
252	Kusaila	Rural	Kusaila
253	Kusanw	Rural	Kushaw
254	Kusarna	Rural	Kusarna
255	Kusian	Rural	Kusiya
256	Kusumahi	Rural	Kusumhi
257	Lahangpur	Rural	Lahangpur
258	Laharchak	Rural	Laharchak
259	Lakathepur	Rural	Lakthepur
260	Lakhamipur	Rural	Lakhamipur
261	Lalpur	Rural	Lalpur
262	Lebrua	Rural	Lebarua
263	Loharakhor	Rural	Jarasi
264	Lohgajar	Rural	Lohgajar
265	Lokapatti	Rural	Mahapur
266	Lurkhuri	Rural	Jamuari
267	Madar	Rural	Madar
268	Madhopur	Rural	Bhawsinghpur
269	Mahapur	Rural	Mahapur
270	Mahimapur	Rural	Kundi
271	Mahimapur (Ct)	Rural	Mahimapur
272	Mahmadpur	Rural	Kundi
273	Mahrenw	Rural	Mahrew
274	Mahuli	Rural	Mahauli
275	Mahuwari	Rural	Mahuwari
276	Mai	Rural	Mayee
277	Majhgawan Kalan	Rural	Majhgawa Kalan
278	Majhgawan Khurd	Rural	Majhgawa Khurd
279	Majhili	Rural	Majhili
280	Makhdumpur	Rural	Makhdumpur
281	Makra	Rural	Makra
282	Mallupur	Rural	Pataura
283	Mampur	Rural	Lakthepur
284	Mandupur	Rural	Mandupur
285	Maniyara	Rural	Gaushpur Maniyara
286	Maniyarepur	Rural	Khaliakhas
287	Marahi	Rural	Marahi
288	Marhi	Rural	Marhi
289	Marikpur	Rural	Marikpur
290	Mathurapur	Rural	Mahuwari
291	Mathurapur Urf Kotwa	Rural	Mathurapur Urf Kotwa
292	Matiyari	Rural	Matiyari
293	Meerpur	Rural	Devkali
294	Meghpur	Rural	Meghpur
295	Mehaura	Rural	Mehaura
296	Mojra	Rural	Mojra
297	Mukuripur	Rural	Mukuripur
298	Murara	Rural	Murara
299	Murkha	Rural	Murkha
300	Murki	Rural	Murki
301	Murlipur	Rural	Bhairo Bhanpur
302	Murtazabad	Rural	Murtazabad
303	Mustafabad	Rural	Suraila
304	Nadauli	Rural	Nadauli
305	Nahar Patti	Rural	Naharpatti
306	Nahora	Rural	Nahora
307	Nainpur	Rural	Laharchak
308	Naipura	Rural	Naipura
309	Narainpur	Rural	Kanhauli
310	Narainpur	Rural	Chhitauna
311	Narainpur	Rural	Narainpur
312	Narhan	Rural	Narhan
313	Narkata Phonk	Rural	Narkata Phonk
314	Naupur	Rural	Naupur
315	Newada	Rural	Newada
316	Nihalapur	Rural	Nihalapur
317	Nishan	Rural	Nishan
318	Nunaw	Rural	Nuaaw
319	Oina	Rural	Oina
320	Pachwar	Rural	Pachwar
321	Padampur	Rural	Puranpur
322	Paliya	Rural	Suratpur
323	Pandepur	Rural	Umari
324	Panihar	Rural	Panihar
325	Parapati	Rural	Parapati
326	Parbatpur	Rural	Rehati
327	Parmanandpur	Rural	Parmanandpur
328	Parrakchhkot	Rural	Padarakchakot
329	Parsauri	Rural	Bantari
330	Parsupur	Rural	Hatwa
331	Paruwa	Rural	Parauwa
332	Pasewan	Rural	Pasewa
333	Patail	Rural	Ratnupur
334	Pataura	Rural	Pataura
335	Patkhauli	Rural	Vijayipur
336	Patkhauli	Rural	Bantari
337	Patrahi	Rural	Patrahi
338	Pauni	Rural	Pauni
339	Pauni	Rural	Pauni
340	Pesara	Rural	Pesara
341	Pikaura	Rural	Kachwan
342	Pipari	Rural	Pesara
343	Pithapur	Rural	Puranpur
344	Pittupur	Rural	Rampur
345	Pokhara	Rural	Bodasar Khurd
346	Pradhanpur	Rural	Pradhanpur
347	Puranpur	Rural	Puranpur
348	Puranpur	Rural	Mahapur
349	Purenw	Rural	Purew
350	Rajpur	Rural	Bhairo Bhanpur
351	Raksama Dambarjati	Rural	Raksawa Takiyaram
352	Raksama Takiyaram	Rural	Raksawa Takiyaram
353	Raksamapur	Rural	Majhgawa Khurd
354	Ramdatt Pur	Rural	Baramanpur
355	Ramdevpur	Rural	Ramdevpur
356	Ramgarh	Rural	Ramgarh
357	Rampur	Rural	Rampur
358	Rampur	Rural	Khalispur Khurd
359	Rampur Bhaura	Rural	Khargasipur
360	Rampur Hurhuri	Rural	Dharaura
361	Rampur Sakara	Rural	Sakara
362	Rampur Soiri	Rural	Rampur Soiri
363	Rasra	Rural	Rasra
364	Rasulpur	Rural	Bhawsinghpur
365	Rasulpur Ojhaniya	Rural	Rasulpur Ojhaniya
366	Ratnupur	Rural	Ratnupur
367	Rehari	Rural	Rehari
368	Rehari	Rural	Rehari
369	Rehati	Rural	Rehati
370	Rudrpaur	Rural	Ratnupur
371	Sadaha	Rural	Akbarpur
372	Sahabuddinpur	Rural	Naipura
373	Sahabuddinpur	Rural	Sahabuddinpur
374	Sahura	Rural	Tariyari
375	Saidkhanpur	Rural	Saidkhanpur
376	Sakara	Rural	Sakara
377	Salempur	Rural	Suraila
378	Salempur	Rural	Salempur
379	Sarai	Rural	Bari
380	Sarai Maksud	Rural	Puranpur
381	Saraibiru	Rural	Saraibiru
382	Saraiya	Rural	Saraiyaa
383	Saranwa	Rural	Brahmanpur Jhamaka
384	Sarauni Paschhim Patti	Rural	Sarauni Paschhim Patti
385	Sarauni Purab Patti	Rural	Sarauni Purab Patti
386	Sarki	Rural	Sarki
387	Saroj Barewar	Rural	Saroj Barewar
388	Satmesara	Rural	Satmesara
389	Senapur	Rural	Senapur
390	Shahabuddinpur Lurkhuri	Rural	Shahabuddinpur Lurkhuri
391	Shivram Pur Kalan	Rural	Nuaaw
392	Shivram Pur Khurd	Rural	Shivram Pur Khurd
393	Sidhauni	Rural	Sidhauni
394	Sihauli	Rural	Sihauli
395	Sijhwara	Rural	Sijhwara
396	Sohani	Rural	Sohani
397	Sonbarsa	Rural	Mukuripur
398	Sonbarsa	Rural	Rasra
399	Sosapatti	Rural	Sosapatti
400	Suchitpur	Rural	Gaddipur
401	Sultanpur	Rural	Salempur
402	Sultanpur	Rural	Sultanpur
403	Suraila	Rural	Suraila
404	Surakpur	Rural	Surakpur
405	Suratpur	Rural	Suratpur
406	Surhurpur	Rural	Surhurpur
407	Tandawa	Rural	Tadwa
408	Tara	Rural	Umari
409	Tarawan	Rural	Taraw
410	Tariyari	Rural	Tariyari
411	Tejpur	Rural	Tejpur
412	Than	Rural	Lakhamipur
413	Thana Gaddi	Rural	Thana Gaddi
414	Thaur	Rural	Thaur
415	Thunhi	Rural	Thunhi
416	Tiwaripur	Rural	Bisauri
417	Tusauri	Rural	Tusauri
418	Udaichandpur	Rural	Udaichandpur
419	Udiasan Urf Mufti Ganj	Rural	Udiasan Urf Mufti Ganj
420	Udpur	Rural	Udpur
421	Umari	Rural	Umari
422	Umari	Rural	Umari
423	Umarwar	Rural	Umarwar
424	Usarpur	Rural	Pachwar
425	Vikrampur	Rural	Kadahara

Population of Kerakat Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Kerakat Tehsil has a total population of 6,63,552 people, consisting of 3,23,945 males and 3,39,607 females. There are 1,02,139 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 1,118 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Particulars	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	6,63,552	6,44,747	18,805
Male Population	3,23,945	3,14,239	9,706
Female Population	3,39,607	3,30,508	9,099
Total Households	1,02,139	99,477	2,662
Population Density	1,118 / km²	1,095 / km²	4,235 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 4,05,490 literate people and 1,01,130 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 1,84,531 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 1,635 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Particulars	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	1,01,130	98,599	2,531
Literate Population	4,05,490	3,92,378	13,112
Illiterate Population	2,58,062	2,52,369	5,693
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	1,84,531	1,81,842	2,689
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	1,635	1,613	22

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Kerakat (केराकत)
District	Jaunpur
State / UT	Uttar Pradesh
Railway Station	Kirakat
Total Area	593 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	1048
Total Population (2011)	6,63,552
Density	1,118/km²
Total Villages	425

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