About Karanja Village

Karanja is a large village in Naubatpur tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,845, made up of 1,996 males and 1,849 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 294 hectares hectares.

Karanja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanja village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Naubatpur
Area (hectares)	294 hectares
Population	3,845
Male Population	1,996
Female Population	1,849
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karanja compares

By the 2011 count Karanja is the 7th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 294 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 900.

Getting to Karanja

Karanja is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karanja as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 30 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Taregna, about 14 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	Bikram	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Naubatpur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Taregna	14 km
District headquarters	Patna	30 km

Villages closest to Karanja

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Naubatpur 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 3,845. That makes it the 7th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Karanja village has 1,996 males and 1,849 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanja has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 900.

Karanja covers 294 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karanja falls under Naubatpur tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karanja is Taregna, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karanja.

Karanja is about 30 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanja is in Naubatpur tehsil of Patna district. Bikram is about 6.3 km away. Naubatpur is about 10 km away. Taregna is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.