# Baje Karanja Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Baje Karanja

Baje Karanja is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **480 people in 111 households**, the 191st largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 480people (2011)
- 111households
- 41.2%literacy
- 1,182females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baje Karanja

Of every 100 households in Baje Karanja in 2011, 0 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baje Karanja · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**12%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****69%**

**33%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**33%

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 Baje Karanja?

■ Baje Karanja · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.2%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1182**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1417**

**979

Working population ****48.3%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.0% for men and 34.5% for women. 58% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (5%) · **■** Marginal 108 (47%)

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 Gazole

- Jharsabail500 people
- Chandpur490 people
- Hosenpur488 people
- Machhimpur488 people
- Ichahar476 people
- Sardarpur474 people
- Methrani473 people
- Madnahar469 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baje Karanja?480 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baje Karanja in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baje Karanja?41.2% (Census 2011)