About Karanji Village

Karanji is a mid sized village in Umarkhed tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,401, made up of 729 males and 672 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 843.37 hectares hectares.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Umarkhed
Area (hectares)	843.37 hectares
Population	1,401
Male Population	729
Female Population	672
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 52nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,695 residents. Its 843.37 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

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 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 97 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Himayatnagar, about 15 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
Nearest railway station	Himayatnagar	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Umarkhed	21 km
District headquarters	Yavatmal	97 km

Villages closest to Karanji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Umarkhed 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 1,401. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,695 residents.

Karanji village has 729 males and 672 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Karanji covers 843.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karanji falls under Umarkhed tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanji is Himayatnagar, about 15 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 Karanji.

Karanji is about 97 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 Umarkhed tehsil of Yavatmal district. Himayatnagar is about 15 km away. Umarkhed is about 21 km away. Yavatmal is about 97 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.