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About Karanji Village

Karanji is a small village in Kinwat tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 348, made up of 170 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 598.49 hectares hectares.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Kinwat
Area (hectares) 598.49 hectares
Population 348
Male Population 170
Female Population 178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,047
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 160th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,173 residents. Its 598.49 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Karanji

Karanji is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Karanji as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 112 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Ambari(Deccan), about 20 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 Ambari(Deccan) 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Kinwat 25 km
District headquarters Nanded 112 km

Villages closest to Karanji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kinwat 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 348. That makes it the 160th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,173 residents.

Karanji village has 170 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Karanji covers 598.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karanji falls under Kinwat tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanji is Ambari(Deccan), about 20 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karanji.

Karanji is about 112 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanji is in Kinwat tehsil of Nanded district. Ambari(Deccan) is about 20 km away. Kinwat is about 25 km away. Nanded is about 112 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Roda Naik Tanda (3.8 km), Dhawaji Tanda (4.0 km) and Salaiguda (4.0 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.

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