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About Karanji Village

Karanji is a large village in Surajpur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,012, made up of 1,019 males and 993 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Surajpur
Pincode 497226
Area (hectares) 461.11 hectares
Population 2,012
Male Population 1,019
Female Population 993
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 974
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 31st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 461.11 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 a little below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Karanji

Karanji is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karanji as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karanji from other places

Karanji lies about 22 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Bishrampur, 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 Karanji
Nearest railway station Bishrampur 17 km
District headquarters Surguja 22 km
Nearest town Ambikāpur 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Surajpur 25 km

Villages closest to Karanji

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

Common questions about Karanji

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanji village had a population of 2,012. That makes it the 31st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Karanji village has 1,019 males and 993 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Karanji is 497226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanji covers 461.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanji falls under Surajpur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karanji is Bishrampur, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karanji.

Karanji is about 22 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanji is in Surajpur tehsil of Surguja district. Bishrampur is about 17 km away. Surguja is about 22 km away. Ambikāpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kasalgiri (7.4 km), Salka (12 km) and Pahadgaon (15 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karanji today is likely to be higher.

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