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Karanji Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Karanji is a medium size village located in Dantan - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 71 families residing. The Karanji village has population of 298 of which 154 are males while 144 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanji village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 11.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanji village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanji as per census is 889, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Karanji village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanji village was 71.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karanji Male literacy stands at 83.82 % while female literacy rate was 58.59 %.

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 71 - -
Population 298 154 144
Child (0-6) 34 18 16
Schedule Caste 276 142 134
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.59 % 83.82 % 58.59 %
Total Workers 106 79 27
Main Worker 58 - -
Marginal Worker 48 35 13

Caste Factor

In Karanji village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 92.62 % 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, 106 were engaged in work activities. 54.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 106 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.