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About Karanjali Village

Karanjali is a large village in Kulpi tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,400, made up of 1,698 males and 1,702 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743348, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanjali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanjali village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Kulpi
Pincode 743348
Area (hectares) 288.06 hectares
Population 3,400
Male Population 1,698
Female Population 1,702
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Karanjali compares

By the 2011 count Karanjali is the 16th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,550 residents. Its 288.06 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Karanjali

Karanjali is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karanjali as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karanjali from other places

Karanjali lies about 22 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Karanjali, about under 2 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 Karanjali
Nearest railway station Karanjali under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kulpi 5.4 km
Nearest town Haldia 15 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 22 km

Villages closest to Karanjali

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

Common questions about Karanjali

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanjali village had a population of 3,400. That makes it the 16th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,550 residents.

Karanjali village has 1,698 males and 1,702 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanjali has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Karanjali is 743348. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanjali covers 288.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karanjali falls under Kulpi tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Karanjali is Karanjali, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Karanjali.

Karanjali is about 22 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanjali is in Kulpi tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Karanjali is about under 2 km away. Kulpi is about 5.4 km away. Haldia is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dakshin Sukdebpur (under 2 km), Maulagram (under 2 km) and Chak Krishna Ballabhpur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karanjali today is likely to be higher.

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