About Karanj Village

Karanj is a large village in Dinara tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,245, made up of 1,205 males and 1,040 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140 hectares hectares.

Karanj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanj village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Dinara
Area (hectares)	140 hectares
Population	2,245
Male Population	1,205
Female Population	1,040
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanj compares

By the 2011 count Karanj is the 24th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents. Its 140 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Karanj

Karanj is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karanj as Available within village. 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 Karanj from other places

Karanj lies about 73 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Sanjhauli Halt, about 17 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 Karanj
Tehsil headquarters	Dinara	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Sanjhauli Halt	17 km
Nearest town	Bikramganj	17 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	73 km

Villages closest to Karanj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanj village had a population of 2,245. That makes it the 24th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents.

Karanj village has 1,205 males and 1,040 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanj has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Karanj covers 140 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karanj falls under Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karanj is Sanjhauli Halt, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Karanj.

Karanj is about 73 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanj is in Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district. Dinara is about 4.1 km away. Sanjhauli Halt is about 17 km away. Bikramganj is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.