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Karanja Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Karanja is a medium size village located in Baliapal Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 393 families residing. The Karanja village has population of 1771 of which 908 are males while 863 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanja village population of children with age 0-6 is 221 which makes up 12.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanja village is 950 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanja as per census is 922, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Karanja village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanja village was 77.68 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Karanja Male literacy stands at 84.62 % while female literacy rate was 70.41 %.

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 393 - -
Population 1,771 908 863
Child (0-6) 221 115 106
Schedule Caste 421 219 202
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.68 % 84.62 % 70.41 %
Total Workers 606 455 151
Main Worker 413 - -
Marginal Worker 193 83 110

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.77 % of total population in Karanja village. The village Karanja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karanja village out of total population, 606 were engaged in work activities. 68.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 606 workers engaged in Main Work, 308 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.