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Karanja Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Karanja is a medium size village located in Habibpur Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 188 families residing. The Karanja village has population of 880 of which 419 are males while 461 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanja village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 13.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanja village is 1100 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanja as per census is 968, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Karanja village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanja village was 17.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karanja Male literacy stands at 20.73 % while female literacy rate was 13.97 %.

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 188 - -
Population 880 419 461
Child (0-6) 122 62 60
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 796 377 419
Literacy 17.15 % 20.73 % 13.97 %
Total Workers 462 256 206
Main Worker 252 - -
Marginal Worker 210 25 185

Caste Factor

In Karanja village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.45 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.23 % of total population in Karanja village.

Work Profile

In Karanja village out of total population, 462 were engaged in work activities. 54.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 462 workers engaged in Main Work, 227 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.