About Karanji Village

Karanji is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,470, made up of 724 males and 746 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 647.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, 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	Kondagaon
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	647.22 hectares
Population	1,470
Male Population	724
Female Population	746
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
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 31st largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 647.22 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

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 52 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Bade Arapur, about 68 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 Karanji
Tehsil headquarters	Kondagaon	1.7 km
District headquarters	Bastar	52 km
Nearest railway station	Bade Arapur	68 km

Villages closest to Karanji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kondagaon 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 1,470. That makes it the 31st largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Karanji village has 724 males and 746 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Karanji is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanji covers 647.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanji falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karanji is Bade Arapur, about 68 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Karanji.

Karanji is about 52 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 Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 1.7 km away. Bastar is about 52 km away. Bade Arapur is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.