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Karanji Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Karanji is a small village located in Dantan - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 37 families residing. The Karanji village has population of 155 of which 80 are males while 75 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanji village population of children with age 0-6 is 14 which makes up 9.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanji village is 938 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanji as per census is 556, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Karanji village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanji village was 93.62 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karanji Male literacy stands at 97.18 % while female literacy rate was 90.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Karanji 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 Karanji village.

Karanji Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 155 80 75
Child (0-6) 14 9 5
Schedule Caste 6 4 2
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 93.62 % 97.18 % 90.00 %
Total Workers 54 46 8
Main Worker 46 - -
Marginal Worker 8 3 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.87 % of total population in Karanji village. The village Karanji currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karanji village out of total population, 54 were engaged in work activities. 85.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 54 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.