# Karanji Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Karanji

Karanji is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,141 people in 257 households**, the 43rd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,141people (2011)
- 257households
- 87.3%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karanji

Of every 100 households in Karanji in 2011, 41 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karanji · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****40%**

**43%

Television ****14%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**25%

Own their home ****80%**

**96%

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 · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.3%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1306**

**956

Working population ****31.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 81.2% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (26%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 76 (21%) · **■** Marginal 115 (32%)

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 Contai - I

- Kulbaria1,194 people
- Dulalpur1,191 people
- Rani Basan1,167 people
- Krishnachak1,158 people
- Durgapur1,127 people
- Pota Pokhuria Anantarautba1,103 people
- Kholanashwari1,082 people
- Syamrai Bar1,074 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karanji?1,141 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karanji in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karanji?87.3% (Census 2011)