About Karanja Village

Karanja is a mid sized village in Shambhuganj tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,671, made up of 917 males and 754 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160 hectares hectares.

Karanja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanja village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Shambhuganj
Area (hectares)	160 hectares
Population	1,671
Male Population	917
Female Population	754
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	822
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanja compares

By the 2011 count Karanja is the 41st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents. Its 160 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Karanja

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

Karanja lies about 24 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Murahara, about 23 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 Karanja
Nearest town	Amarpur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Murahara	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shambhuganj	24 km
District headquarters	Banka	24 km

Villages closest to Karanja

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

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Common questions about Karanja

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanja village had a population of 1,671. That makes it the 41st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents.

Karanja village has 917 males and 754 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanja has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Karanja covers 160 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karanja falls under Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karanja is Murahara, about 23 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 village for Karanja.

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

Karanja is in Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district. Amarpur is about 18 km away. Murahara is about 23 km away. Shambhuganj is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.