Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Karanjhara Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Karanjhara is a medium size village located in PURUSOTTAMPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 235 families residing. The Karanjhara village has population of 1181 of which 596 are males while 585 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanjhara village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 10.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanjhara village is 982 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanjhara as per census is 909, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Karanjhara village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanjhara village was 41.42 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Karanjhara Male literacy stands at 49.81 % while female literacy rate was 32.95 %.

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

Karanjhara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 235 - -
Population 1,181 596 585
Child (0-6) 126 66 60
Schedule Caste 1,055 533 522
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 41.42 % 49.81 % 32.95 %
Total Workers 645 342 303
Main Worker 234 - -
Marginal Worker 411 142 269

Caste Factor

In Karanjhara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 89.33 % of total population in Karanjhara village. The village Karanjhara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karanjhara village out of total population, 645 were engaged in work activities. 36.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 645 workers engaged in Main Work, 131 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 93 were Agricultural labourer.