About Karanj Village

Karanj is a mid sized village in Verno tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,419, made up of 739 males and 680 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 514 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanj village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Verno
Pincode	835224
Area (hectares)	514 hectares
Population	1,419
Male Population	739
Female Population	680
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanj compares

By the 2011 count Karanj is the 21st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents. Its 514 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

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 10+ km distance. 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 30 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 15 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
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Verno	30 km
District headquarters	Gumla	30 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	30 km

Villages closest to Karanj

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Verno 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 1,419. That makes it the 21st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents.

Karanj village has 739 males and 680 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanj has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Karanj is 835224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanj covers 514 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanj falls under Verno tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karanj is Bakaspur, about 15 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karanj.

Karanj is about 30 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanj is in Verno tehsil of Gumla district. Bakaspur is about 15 km away. Verno is about 30 km away. Gumla is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.