# Karanji Village, Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur 

# Karanji

Karanji is a village in Narayangarh sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **510 people in 116 households**, the 180th largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 99.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 510people (2011)
- 116households
- 99.8%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karanji

Of every 100 households in Karanji in 2011, 38 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karanji · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**44%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****100%**

**61%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**17%

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 Karanji?

■ Karanji · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****99.8%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964**

**942

Working population ****30.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.6% for men and 100.0% for women. 58% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 99 (64%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (29%) · **■** Other work 8 (5%) · **■** Marginal 2 (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 Narayangarh

- Chenga518 people
- Banshgerya514 people
- San Ganua512 people
- Laudungri511 people
- Asti Patna508 people
- Chatri Bhera508 people
- Ektal508 people
- Arjjuni504 people

[All 516 villages in Narayangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/narayangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karanji?510 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karanji in?Paschim Medinipur district (Narayangarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karanji?99.8% (Census 2011)