Karanja Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Karanja is a small village located in Gazole Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 30 families residing. The Karanja village has population of 128 of which 62 are males while 66 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanja village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 21.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanja village is 1065 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanja as per census is 1250, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Karanja village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanja village was 32.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karanja Male literacy stands at 38.00 % while female literacy rate was 27.45 %.

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	30	-	-
Population	128	62	66
Child (0-6)	27	12	15
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	128	62	66
Literacy	32.67 %	38.00 %	27.45 %
Total Workers	71	38	33
Main Worker	34	-	-
Marginal Worker	37	5	32

Caste Factor

In Karanja village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Karanja village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Karanja village of Maldah.

Work Profile

In Karanja village out of total population, 71 were engaged in work activities. 47.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 71 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.