About Karanji Village

Karanji is a large village in Malegaon tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,771, made up of 1,471 males and 1,300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1059 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 444504, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Malegaon
Pincode	444504
Area (hectares)	1059 hectares
Population	2,771
Male Population	1,471
Female Population	1,300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
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 Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 12th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents. Its 1059 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

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 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 Karanji from other places

Karanji lies about 15 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Kata Road, about 12 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
Tehsil headquarters	Malegaon	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Kata Road	12 km
District headquarters	Washim	15 km
Nearest town	Wāshīm	15 km

Villages closest to Karanji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanji village had a population of 2,771. That makes it the 12th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents.

Karanji village has 1,471 males and 1,300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Karanji is 444504. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanji covers 1059 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanji falls under Malegaon tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanji is Kata Road, about 12 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 Karanji.

Karanji is about 15 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanji is in Malegaon tehsil of Washim district. Malegaon is about 8.0 km away. Kata Road is about 12 km away. Washim is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.