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Karanja Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Karanja is a large village located in Marsaghai Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 706 families residing. The Karanja village has population of 3137 of which 1540 are males while 1597 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanja village population of children with age 0-6 is 332 which makes up 10.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanja village is 1037 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanja as per census is 1049, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Karanja village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanja village was 79.07 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Karanja Male literacy stands at 85.27 % while female literacy rate was 73.09 %.

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 706 - -
Population 3,137 1,540 1,597
Child (0-6) 332 162 170
Schedule Caste 748 361 387
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.07 % 85.27 % 73.09 %
Total Workers 936 858 78
Main Worker 684 - -
Marginal Worker 252 205 47

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.84 % 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, 936 were engaged in work activities. 73.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 936 workers engaged in Main Work, 409 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.