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About Paikan Karanji Village

Paikan Karanji is a small village in Kharagpur II tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 131 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paikan Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paikan Karanji village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Kharagpur II
Pincode 721301
Area (hectares) 29.07 hectares
Population 238
Male Population 131
Female Population 107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 817
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Paikan Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Paikan Karanji is the 208th largest of the 317 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 560 residents. Its 29.07 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Paikan Karanji

The census records public bus service for Paikan 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Narasinhapur, Nayabasan, Nibra and Nischintapur. 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 Paikan Karanji

As per the Census of India 2011, Paikan Karanji village had a population of 238. That makes it the 208th largest of the 317 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 560 residents.

Paikan Karanji village has 131 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paikan Karanji has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Paikan Karanji is 721301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paikan Karanji covers 29.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Paikan Karanji falls under Kharagpur II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Paikan Karanji notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Paikan Karanji.

Paikan Karanji is in Kharagpur II 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 Paikan Karanji today is likely to be higher.

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