# Kareja Village, Lanji, Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Lanji, Balaghat 

# Kareja

Kareja is a village in Lanji sub-district of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **873 people in 215 households**, the 83rd largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 873people (2011)
- 215households
- 79.0%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Kareja PIN code and other codes

Kareja falls in Lanji sub-district, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockLanji
- Census village code498517

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kareja from nearby towns?

- Lanji (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Balaghat (district HQ)72 km by road
- Lanji (nearest town)12 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kareja?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Kareja; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sadra
- ○Degree college10+ km · Lanji
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kirnapur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)13 h summer · 13 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kareja known for?

The main crops are **dhan, wheat and chana**. About 72% of the 288 hectares of village land is sown, and 163 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kareja

Of every 100 households in Kareja in 2011, 28 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kareja · ■ Lanji rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****2%**

**25%

Television ****9%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kareja?

■ Kareja · ■ Lanji rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.0%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**1014

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**987

Working population ****48.7%**

**59.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 70.8% for women. 60% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 334 (79%) · **■** Household industry 37 (9%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 4 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Lanji

- Borikhurd941 people
- Sarra927 people
- Manpur909 people
- Kharregaon899 people
- Paraswada871 people
- Borikalan840 people
- Bordi818 people
- Chichewada792 people

[All 162 villages in Lanji](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/balaghat/lanji/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kareja from Balaghat?72 km by road
- What is the population of Kareja?873 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kareja in?Balaghat district (Lanji sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kareja?79.0% (Census 2011)