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About Karanj Gavhan Village

Karanj Gavhan is one of the larger villages in Malegaon tehsil, in the district of Nashik, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,026, made up of 2,645 males and 2,381 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1548 hectares hectares.

Karanj Gavhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanj Gavhan village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nashik
Tehsil Malegaon
Area (hectares) 1548 hectares
Population 5,026
Male Population 2,645
Female Population 2,381
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanj Gavhan compares

By the 2011 count Karanj Gavhan is the 13th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,558 residents. Its 1548 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 923.

Getting to Karanj Gavhan

Karanj Gavhan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karanj Gavhan 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 Karanj Gavhan from other places

Karanj Gavhan lies about 108 km from Nashik, and the nearest railway station is Mohadi Pragane Laling, about 33 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 Karanj Gavhan
Nearest town Dyāne 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Malegaon 13 km
Nearest railway station Mohadi Pragane Laling 33 km
District headquarters Nashik 108 km

Villages closest to Karanj Gavhan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Malegaon 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 Karanj Gavhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanj Gavhan village had a population of 5,026. That makes it the 13th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,558 residents.

Karanj Gavhan village has 2,645 males and 2,381 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanj Gavhan has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Karanj Gavhan covers 1548 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanj Gavhan falls under Malegaon tehsil of Nashik district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanj Gavhan is Mohadi Pragane Laling, about 33 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 Karanj Gavhan.

Karanj Gavhan is about 108 km from Nashik in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanj Gavhan is in Malegaon tehsil of Nashik district. Dyāne is about 11 km away. Malegaon is about 13 km away. Mohadi Pragane Laling is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hatane (2.8 km), Kukane (2.8 km) and Lendane (3.8 km).

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

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