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Karanji Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Karanji is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 257 families residing. The Karanji village has population of 1141 of which 570 are males while 571 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanji village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 12.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanji village is 1002 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanji as per census is 1306, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Karanji village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanji village was 87.27 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karanji Male literacy stands at 93.11 % while female literacy rate was 81.22 %.

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 257 - -
Population 1,141 570 571
Child (0-6) 143 62 81
Schedule Caste 893 441 452
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.27 % 93.11 % 81.22 %
Total Workers 357 316 41
Main Worker 242 - -
Marginal Worker 115 80 35

Caste Factor

In Karanji village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 78.26 % 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, 357 were engaged in work activities. 67.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 357 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 92 were Agricultural labourer.