# Karanje Village, Karmala, Solapur (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Karmala, Solapur 

# Karanje

Karanje is a village in Karmala sub-district of Solapur district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,799 people in 420 households**, the 52nd largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.4%.

- 1,799people (2011)
- 420households
- 77.0%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Karanje PIN code and other codes

Karanje falls in Karmala sub-district, Solapur district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockKarmala
- Census village code561839

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

## How far is Karanje from nearby towns?

- Karmala (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Solapur (district HQ)137 km by road
- Karmala (nearest town)13 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 Karanje?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Karanje; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Karmala
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Karmala
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Karmala
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 14 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 Karanje known for?

About 77% of the 1,005 hectares of village land is sown, and 404 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 Karanje

Of every 100 households in Karanje in 2011, 43 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karanje · ■ Karmala rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**69%

Tap water ****54%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**86%

Use banking services ****52%**

**73%

Television ****19%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**26%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****48%**

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**92%

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 Karanje?

■ Karanje · ■ Karmala rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**74.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****704**

**847

Working population ****56.1%**

**50.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 66.0% for women. 59% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 612 (61%) · **■** Farm labourers 240 (24%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 110 (11%) · **■** Marginal 34 (3%)

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 Karmala

- Gaundare1,848 people
- Parewadi1,828 people
- Kumbhargaon1,808 people
- Kugaon1,806 people
- Pondhvadi1,774 people
- Bitargaon1,764 people
- Morwad1,734 people
- Warkatne1,702 people

[All 123 villages in Karmala](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/solapur/karmala/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Karanje from Solapur?137 km by road
- What is the population of Karanje?1,799 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karanje in?Solapur district (Karmala sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Karanje?77.0% (Census 2011)