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About Karanji Village

Karanji is a small village in Dantan I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 80 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.47 hectares hectares.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Dantan I
Area (hectares) 24.47 hectares
Population 155
Male Population 80
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 156th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 24.47 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 977.

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 10+ 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kajipara, Kakrajit, Kamia and Kantapal. 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 155. That makes it the 156th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Karanji village has 80 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 977.

Karanji covers 24.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The census record for Karanji notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karanji.

Karanji is in Dantan 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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