About Karanje Village

Karanje is a mid sized village in Kankavli tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,495, made up of 702 males and 793 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1396 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanje Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanje village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Kankavli
Pincode	416601
Area (hectares)	1396 hectares
Population	1,495
Male Population	702
Female Population	793
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,130
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 Karanje compares

By the 2011 count Karanje is the 22nd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 1396 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1082.

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 5 - 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 Karanje from other places

Karanje lies about 50 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Achirne, about 22 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
Nearest railway station	Achirne	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kankavli	28 km
Nearest town	Pachgaon	43 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	50 km

Villages closest to Karanje

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Karanje

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanje village had a population of 1,495. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Karanje village has 702 males and 793 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanje has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Karanje is 416601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanje covers 1396 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karanje falls under Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanje is Achirne, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karanje.

Karanje is about 50 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanje is in Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Achirne is about 22 km away. Kankavli is about 28 km away. Pachgaon is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.