# Karanji Village, Ausgram - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ausgram - I, Barddhaman 

# Karanji

Karanji is a village in Ausgram - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,060 people in 239 households**, the 41st largest of 58 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,060people (2011)
- 239households
- 76.2%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karanji

Of every 100 households in Karanji in 2011, 39 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karanji · ■ Ausgram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**86%

Use banking services ****70%**

**84%

Television ****25%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Karanji?

■ Karanji · ■ Ausgram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1077**

**977

Working population ****38.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 67.0% for women. 55% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 195 (48%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 90 (22%) · **■** Marginal 64 (16%)

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 Ausgram - I

- Telata1,316 people
- Beluti1,160 people
- Gobindapur Purbba1,132 people
- Asinda1,099 people
- Brajapur1,041 people
- Purbba Tati906 people
- Bhatgonna882 people
- Bara Chatra784 people

[All 61 villages in Ausgram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ausgram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karanji?1,060 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karanji in?Barddhaman district (Ausgram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karanji?76.2% (Census 2011)