About Karanji Village

Karanji is a mid sized village in Jalkot tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,444, made up of 755 males and 689 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 542.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Tehsil	Jalkot
Pincode	413532
Area (hectares)	542.94 hectares
Population	1,444
Male Population	755
Female Population	689
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 22nd largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,855 residents. Its 542.94 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

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 - 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 65 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Udgir, about 23 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	Jalkot	5.3 km
Nearest town	Udgīr	23 km
Nearest railway station	Udgir	23 km
District headquarters	Latur	65 km

Villages closest to Karanji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalkot 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 1,444. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,855 residents.

Karanji village has 755 males and 689 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Karanji is 413532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanji covers 542.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanji falls under Jalkot tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanji is Udgir, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karanji.

Karanji is about 65 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanji is in Jalkot tehsil of Latur district. Jalkot is about 5.3 km away. Udgīr is about 23 km away. Udgir is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.