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Karanje Population - Sindhudurg, Maharashtra

Karanje is a medium size village located in Kankavli Taluka of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra with total 420 families residing. The Karanje village has population of 1495 of which 702 are males while 793 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanje village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 6.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanje village is 1130 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanje as per census is 855, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Karanje village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanje village was 78.10 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Karanje Male literacy stands at 86.86 % while female literacy rate was 70.51 %.

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

Karanje Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 420 - -
Population 1,495 702 793
Child (0-6) 102 55 47
Schedule Caste 153 80 73
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.10 % 86.86 % 70.51 %
Total Workers 506 396 110
Main Worker 271 - -
Marginal Worker 235 160 75

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.23 % of total population in Karanje village. The village Karanje currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karanje village out of total population, 506 were engaged in work activities. 53.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 506 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 105 were Agricultural labourer.