About Karanji Village

Karanji is a large village in Aurad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,193, made up of 1,108 males and 1,085 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1362.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585326, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Aurad
Pincode	585326
Area (hectares)	1362.76 hectares
Population	2,193
Male Population	1,108
Female Population	1,085
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 32nd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents. Its 1362.76 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Karanji

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

Karanji lies about 40 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Kamalnagar, about 39 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
Tehsil headquarters	Aurad	14 km
Nearest town	Deglur	31 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalnagar	39 km
District headquarters	Bidar	40 km

Villages closest to Karanji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanji village had a population of 2,193. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents.

Karanji village has 1,108 males and 1,085 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Karanji is 585326. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanji covers 1362.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karanji falls under Aurad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karanji is Kamalnagar, about 39 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 10+ km distance for Karanji.

Karanji is about 40 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanji is in Aurad tehsil of Bidar district. Aurad is about 14 km away. Deglur is about 31 km away. Kamalnagar is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.