Karanji
Amgaon block · Gondia
district, Maharashtra · PIN 441902
· village code 537897
Population 2011
2,520
Census of India
Population 2020
2,697
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.0%
177 people · 0.8% a year
Households
726
+35.5% vs 536 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,520
Male / female
1,272 / 1,248
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
981
Children aged 0–6
269
Literacy rate
65.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
233 / 153
Working population
1,423
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.2%
Households
536
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
180
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
637
Non-farm households
89
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
3,901 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3,901 / 1,950 / 81
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karanji panchayat, Amgaon zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹17.99 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.26 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.56 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.85 lakh · received ₹2.64 lakh · spent ₹5.13 lakh · left ₹6.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.14 lakh · received ₹4.62 lakh · spent ₹6.43 lakh · left ₹7.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.4789, 80.3159 —
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