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About Karanji Village

Karanji is a mid sized village in Himayatnagar tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,139, made up of 592 males and 547 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343 hectares hectares.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Himayatnagar
Area (hectares) 343 hectares
Population 1,139
Male Population 592
Female Population 547
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 29th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,544 residents. Its 343 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 953.

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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Jirona, Kamari, Kamarwadi and Kandli. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 1,139. That makes it the 29th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,544 residents.

Karanji village has 592 males and 547 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Karanji covers 343 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanji falls under Himayatnagar tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Karanji notes the nearest railway station 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 - 10 km distance for Karanji.

Karanji is in Himayatnagar tehsil of Nanded district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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.

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