About Karanje Village

Karanje is a large village in Khanapur tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,659, made up of 1,811 males and 1,848 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1809 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416392, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanje Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanje village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
Tehsil	Khanapur
Pincode	416392
Area (hectares)	1809 hectares
Population	3,659
Male Population	1,811
Female Population	1,848
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanje compares

By the 2011 count Karanje is the 6th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents. Its 1809 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1052.

Getting to Karanje

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

Karanje lies about 46 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Langarpeth, about 27 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 Karanje
Tehsil headquarters	Khanapur	6.7 km
Nearest town	Vite	24 km
Nearest railway station	Langarpeth	27 km
District headquarters	Sangli	46 km

Villages closest to Karanje

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khanapur 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 Karanje

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanje village had a population of 3,659. That makes it the 6th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents.

Karanje village has 1,811 males and 1,848 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanje has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1052.

The pincode recorded for Karanje is 416392. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanje covers 1809 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanje falls under Khanapur tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanje is Langarpeth, about 27 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 Karanje.

Karanje is about 46 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanje is in Khanapur tehsil of Sangli district. Khanapur is about 6.7 km away. Vite is about 24 km away. Langarpeth is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.