# Karanja Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Karanja

Karanja is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **128 people in 30 households**, the 279th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 32.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 128people (2011)
- 30households
- 32.7%literacy
- 1,065females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karanja

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

■ Karanja · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**33%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Karanja?

■ Karanja · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****32.7%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1065**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**979

Working population ****55.5%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 38.0% for men and 27.5% for women. 61% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 29 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (6%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 37 (52%)

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

- Chak Musadanga139 people
- Bhalukkoka136 people
- Malanipur133 people
- Bildahadar130 people
- Kazihata123 people
- Bilhatia96 people
- Chhuti Kandar85 people
- Baje Habinagar79 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karanja?128 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karanja in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karanja?32.7% (Census 2011)