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Karanji Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Karanji is a medium size village located in Ausgram - I Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 239 families residing. The Karanji village has population of 1060 of which 543 are males while 517 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanji village population of children with age 0-6 is 108 which makes up 10.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanji village is 952 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanji as per census is 1077, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Karanji village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanji village was 76.16 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karanji Male literacy stands at 84.73 % while female literacy rate was 67.03 %.

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

Karanji Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,060 543 517
Child (0-6) 108 52 56
Schedule Caste 321 164 157
Schedule Tribe 256 127 129
Literacy 76.16 % 84.73 % 67.03 %
Total Workers 409 301 108
Main Worker 345 - -
Marginal Worker 64 16 48

Caste Factor

Karanji village of Barddhaman has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.28 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 24.15 % of total population in Karanji village.

Work Profile

In Karanji village out of total population, 409 were engaged in work activities. 84.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 409 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 195 were Agricultural labourer.