Karanj is a medium size village located in Jalgaon Taluka of Jalgaon district, Maharashtra with total 270 families residing. The Karanj village has population of 1261 of which 657 are males while 604 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Karanj village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 12.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanj village is 919 which is lower than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanj as per census is 677, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.
Karanj village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanj village was 81.00 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Karanj Male literacy stands at 90.20 % while female literacy rate was 71.43 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Karanj 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 Karanj village.
Karanj Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
270 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,261 |
657 |
604 |
| Child (0-6) |
161 |
96 |
65 |
| Schedule Caste |
26 |
17 |
9 |
| Schedule Tribe |
623 |
317 |
306 |
| Literacy |
81.00 % |
90.20 % |
71.43 % |
| Total Workers |
766 |
404 |
362 |
| Main Worker |
656 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
110 |
27 |
83 |
Caste Factor
In Karanj village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST).
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 49.41 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.06 % of total population in Karanj village.
Work Profile
In Karanj village out of total population, 766 were engaged in work activities. 85.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 766 workers engaged in Main Work, 198 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 417 were Agricultural labourer.