About Karanji Village

Karanji is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 582, made up of 296 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494222
Area (hectares)	237.66 hectares
Population	582
Male Population	296
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 86th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 237.66 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Karanji

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

Karanji lies about 15 km from Bastar. 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 Karanji
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	15 km
District headquarters	Bastar	15 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	24 km

Villages closest to Karanji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanji village had a population of 582. That makes it the 86th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Karanji village has 296 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Karanji is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanji covers 237.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanji falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Karanji notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Karanji.

Karanji is about 15 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanji is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 15 km away. Bastar is about 15 km away. Jagdalpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.