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About Caranzol Village

Caranzol is a mid sized village in Satari tehsil, in the district of North Goa, Goa. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 839, made up of 414 males and 425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4048.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 403506, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Caranzol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Caranzol village
Description Value
State Goa
District North Goa
Tehsil Satari
Pincode 403506
Area (hectares) 4048.63 hectares
Population 839
Male Population 414
Female Population 425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Caranzol compares

By the 2011 count Caranzol is the 20th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 696 residents. Its 4048.63 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Caranzol

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

Caranzol lies about 26 km from North Goa, and the nearest railway station is Castle Rock, 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 Caranzol
Nearest railway station Castle Rock 17 km
Nearest town Ponda 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Satari 26 km
District headquarters North Goa 26 km

Villages closest to Caranzol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Caranzol village had a population of 839. That makes it the 20th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 696 residents.

Caranzol village has 414 males and 425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Caranzol has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Caranzol is 403506. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Caranzol covers 4048.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Caranzol falls under Satari tehsil of North Goa district in Goa.

The nearest railway station to Caranzol is Castle Rock, 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 Caranzol.

Caranzol is about 26 km from North Goa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Caranzol is in Satari tehsil of North Goa district. Castle Rock is about 17 km away. Ponda is about 25 km away. Satari is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pendral (3.6 km), Carambolim Bozruco (4.5 km) and Sonal (4.7 km).

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

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