About Karanjo Village

Karanjo is a mid sized village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 565, made up of 274 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanjo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanjo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	97 hectares
Population	565
Male Population	274
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karanjo compares

By the 2011 count Karanjo is the 44th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 97 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Karanjo

Karanjo is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karanjo as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karanjo from other places

Karanjo lies about 49 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 31 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 Karanjo
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	7.5 km
Nearest town	Khunti	18 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	31 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	49 km

Villages closest to Karanjo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanjo village had a population of 565. That makes it the 44th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Karanjo village has 274 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanjo has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Karanjo is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanjo covers 97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanjo falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karanjo is Karra, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karanjo.

Karanjo is about 49 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanjo is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 7.5 km away. Khunti is about 18 km away. Karra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.