About Karanje Village

Karanje is a mid sized village in Karmala tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,799, made up of 958 males and 841 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1005.15 hectares hectares.

Karanje Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanje village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Tehsil	Karmala
Area (hectares)	1005.15 hectares
Population	1,799
Male Population	958
Female Population	841
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanje compares

By the 2011 count Karanje is the 51st largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents. Its 1005.15 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

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 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 107 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Jeur, 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 Karanje
Tehsil headquarters	Karmala	7.8 km
Nearest town	Karmāla	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Jeur	20 km
District headquarters	Solapur	107 km

Villages closest to Karanje

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karmala 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 1,799. That makes it the 51st largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents.

Karanje village has 958 males and 841 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanje has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Karanje covers 1005.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karanje falls under Karmala tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanje is Jeur, about 20 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 Karanje.

Karanje is about 107 km from Solapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanje is in Karmala tehsil of Solapur district. Karmala is about 7.8 km away. Karmāla is about 7.8 km away. Jeur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.