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Karanja Population - Banka, Bihar

Karanja is a medium size village located in Shambhuganj Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 332 families residing. The Karanja village has population of 1671 of which 917 are males while 754 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanja village population of children with age 0-6 is 289 which makes up 17.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanja village is 822 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanja as per census is 818, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Karanja village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanja village was 65.56 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Karanja Male literacy stands at 71.37 % while female literacy rate was 58.49 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Karanja village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Karanja village.

Karanja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 332 - -
Population 1,671 917 754
Child (0-6) 289 159 130
Schedule Caste 538 291 247
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 65.56 % 71.37 % 58.49 %
Total Workers 645 458 187
Main Worker 495 - -
Marginal Worker 150 20 130

Caste Factor

Karanja village of Banka has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.20 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.12 % of total population in Karanja village.

Work Profile

In Karanja village out of total population, 645 were engaged in work activities. 76.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 645 workers engaged in Main Work, 137 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 319 were Agricultural labourer.