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About Karanje Village

Karanje is a mid sized village in Vada tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 601, made up of 314 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.73 hectares hectares.

Karanje Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanje village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Vada
Area (hectares) 206.73 hectares
Population 601
Male Population 314
Female Population 287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 914
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 104th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 919 residents. Its 206.73 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 972.

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. The nearest villages by name are Kalambholi, Kalamkhand, Kambare and Kanchad. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Karanje

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanje village had a population of 601. That makes it the 104th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 919 residents.

Karanje village has 314 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanje has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 972.

Karanje covers 206.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanje falls under Vada tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Karanje notes the nearest railway station 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 in Vada tehsil of Thane district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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