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About Karanji Village

Karanji is a mid sized village in Chandrakona I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 682, made up of 361 males and 321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721242, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Chandrakona I
Pincode 721242
Area (hectares) 219.39 hectares
Population 682
Male Population 361
Female Population 321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 70th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 219.39 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 943.

Getting to Karanji

Karanji is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Karanji as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kalapat, Kalayanchak, Kamarberya and Kamargere. 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 Karanji

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanji village had a population of 682. That makes it the 70th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Karanji village has 361 males and 321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Karanji is 721242. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanji covers 219.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanji falls under Chandrakona I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Karanji notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karanji.

Karanji is in Chandrakona I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Karanji today is likely to be higher.

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