About Karanji Village

Karanji is a large village in Amgaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,520, made up of 1,272 males and 1,248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 637 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441902, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Amgaon
Pincode	441902
Area (hectares)	637 hectares
Population	2,520
Male Population	1,272
Female Population	1,248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
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 9th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,406 residents. Its 637 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

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 14 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Gudma, about 8.4 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
Nearest railway station	Gudma	8.4 km
District headquarters	Gondiya	14 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amgaon	14 km

Villages closest to Karanji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amgaon 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 2,520. That makes it the 9th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,406 residents.

Karanji village has 1,272 males and 1,248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Karanji is 441902. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanji covers 637 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanji falls under Amgaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanji is Gudma, about 8.4 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 14 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanji is in Amgaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Gudma is about 8.4 km away. Gondiya is about 14 km away. Gondiā is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.