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About Karanji Village

Karanji is a mid sized village in Jintur tehsil, in the district of Parbhani, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,502, made up of 726 males and 776 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 772 hectares hectares.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Parbhani
Tehsil Jintur
Area (hectares) 772 hectares
Population 1,502
Male Population 726
Female Population 776
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 51st largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,444 residents. Its 772 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 955.

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 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 30 km from Parbhani, and the nearest railway station is Dhengli Pimpalgaon, about 3.1 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 Dhengli Pimpalgaon 3.1 km
Nearest town Manwath 7.2 km
District headquarters Parbhani 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Jintur 34 km

Villages closest to Karanji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jintur 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 1,502. That makes it the 51st largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,444 residents.

Karanji village has 726 males and 776 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Karanji covers 772 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karanji falls under Jintur tehsil of Parbhani district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanji is Dhengli Pimpalgaon, about 3.1 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 10+ km distance for Karanji.

Karanji is about 30 km from Parbhani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanji is in Jintur tehsil of Parbhani district. Dhengli Pimpalgaon is about 3.1 km away. Manwath is about 7.2 km away. Parbhani is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Brahmangaon (12 km), Shevadi (13 km) and Dudhangaon (15 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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