About Karanjia Village

Karanjia is a mid sized village in Jagannathpur tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 874, made up of 443 males and 431 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanjia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanjia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Jagannathpur
Pincode	833203
Area (hectares)	290 hectares
Population	874
Male Population	443
Female Population	431
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanjia compares

By the 2011 count Karanjia is the 41st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,031 residents. Its 290 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Karanjia

Karanjia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karanjia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karanjia from other places

Karanjia lies about 36 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Dangoaposi, about 9.8 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 Karanjia
Tehsil headquarters	Jagannathpur	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Dangoaposi	9.8 km
Nearest town	Bada Barabīl	25 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	36 km

Villages closest to Karanjia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanjia village had a population of 874. That makes it the 41st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,031 residents.

Karanjia village has 443 males and 431 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanjia has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Karanjia is 833203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanjia covers 290 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanjia falls under Jagannathpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karanjia is Dangoaposi, about 9.8 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 10+ km distance for Karanjia.

Karanjia is about 36 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanjia is in Jagannathpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Jagannathpur is about 7.5 km away. Dangoaposi is about 9.8 km away. Bada Barabīl is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.