About Karanja Village

Karanja is a large village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,872, made up of 1,874 males and 1,998 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 980.37 hectares hectares.

Karanja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanja village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Lanji
Area (hectares)	980.37 hectares
Population	3,872
Male Population	1,874
Female Population	1,998
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,066
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karanja compares

By the 2011 count Karanja is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 980.37 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Karanja

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

How far is Karanja from other places

Karanja lies about 52 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, about 7.8 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 Karanja
Nearest railway station	Amgaon	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lanji	16 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	25 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	52 km

Villages closest to Karanja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanja village had a population of 3,872. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Karanja village has 1,874 males and 1,998 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanja has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Karanja covers 980.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanja falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karanja is Amgaon, about 7.8 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 village for Karanja.

Karanja is about 52 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanja is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Amgaon is about 7.8 km away. Lanji is about 16 km away. Gondiā is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.