Skip to main content

About Karanji Village

Karanji is a small village in Yawal tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 335, made up of 183 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.05 hectares hectares.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Yawal
Area (hectares) 378.05 hectares
Population 335
Male Population 183
Female Population 152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 831
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 85th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,348 residents. Its 378.05 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

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 <5 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 Karanji from other places

Karanji lies about 32 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Duskheda, about 3.9 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 Duskheda 3.9 km
Nearest town Sāvda 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Yawal 18 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 32 km

Villages closest to Karanji

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

Common questions about Karanji

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanji village had a population of 335. That makes it the 85th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,348 residents.

Karanji village has 183 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Karanji covers 378.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karanji falls under Yawal tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanji is Duskheda, about 3.9 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 km distance for Karanji.

Karanji is about 32 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanji is in Yawal tehsil of Jalgaon district. Duskheda is about 3.9 km away. Sāvda is about 6.2 km away. Yawal is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ridhori (under 2 km), Virode (2.9 km) and Vanoli (3.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karanji today is likely to be higher.

Our Blogs Blogs

Explore the beauty of india and villages of india with our blog.

See All