About Karanji Village

Karanji is a mid sized village in Mahagaon tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,623, made up of 861 males and 762 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 771 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 445205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Mahagaon
Pincode	445205
Area (hectares)	771 hectares
Population	1,623
Male Population	861
Female Population	762
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 44th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,697 residents. Its 771 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 939.

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 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 Karanji from other places

Karanji lies about 35 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station, about 32 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	Mahagaon	24 km
Nearest town	Ghātanji	25 km
Nearest railway station	Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station	32 km
District headquarters	Yavatmal	35 km

Villages closest to Karanji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanji village had a population of 1,623. That makes it the 44th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,697 residents.

Karanji village has 861 males and 762 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Karanji is 445205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanji covers 771 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanji falls under Mahagaon tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanji is Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station, about 32 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 Karanji.

Karanji is about 35 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanji is in Mahagaon tehsil of Yavatmal district. Mahagaon is about 24 km away. Ghātanji is about 25 km away. Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.