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Karanja Population - Wardha, Maharashtra

Karanja is a large village located in Karanja Taluka of Wardha district, Maharashtra with total 3174 families residing. The Karanja village has population of 13369 of which 6778 are males while 6591 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanja village population of children with age 0-6 is 1428 which makes up 10.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanja village is 972 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanja as per census is 922, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Karanja village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanja village was 90.77 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Karanja Male literacy stands at 94.32 % while female literacy rate was 87.15 %.

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 3,174 - -
Population 13,369 6,778 6,591
Child (0-6) 1,428 743 685
Schedule Caste 804 416 388
Schedule Tribe 331 172 159
Literacy 90.77 % 94.32 % 87.15 %
Total Workers 5,125 3,736 1,389
Main Worker 4,487 - -
Marginal Worker 638 251 387

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.01 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.48 % of total population in Karanja village.

Work Profile

In Karanja village out of total population, 5125 were engaged in work activities. 87.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 5125 workers engaged in Main Work, 898 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1610 were Agricultural labourer.