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Chhattisgarh sugar mill distributes 50 kg sugar to over 11,000 shareholder farmers at Rs 30/kg
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUKANDEI NAG
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- LGD code
- 449435
- Pincode
- 494222
- Post office
- Bakawand
- Population
- 582
- Households
- 137
- Literacy rate
- 38.8%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 390
- Distance to district centre
- 282 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 260 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 138 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 495 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gudma · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Amit Sabu · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karanji compares
By population, Karanji ranks #55 of 66 villages in Bakavand mandal.
Literacy rate
%
38.8%
−5.9% vs mandal average
- Karanji
- 38.8%
- Bakavand mandal
- 44.7%
- Bastar district
- 46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
−44 vs mandal average
- Karanji
- 966
- Bakavand mandal
- 1,010
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
- Karanji
- 4.2
- Bakavand mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karanji at a glance
Karanji is a village of 582 people in 137 households (Census 2011) in Bakavand tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 55th-largest of 66 villages in Bakavand tehsil. Literacy is 39%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. It lies 282 km from the Bastar district centre, 57 km from Bori, the nearest town, 8 km from Gudma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494222, served by Bakawand post office; the LGD village code is 449435. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Amit Sabu, 10 km away. The sarpanch is SUKANDEI NAG. The population is estimated at 2,650 in 2026, up 355% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karanji
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAGDALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BORIGAON
- Total area (ha)
- 237.66
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 13.12
- Forest area (ha)
- 31.64
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karanji
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karanji
- LGD code
- 449435
- Pincode
- 494222
- Post office
- Bakawand
- Population (Census 2011)
- 582
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,650
- Households
- 137
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 38.8%
- Coordinates
- 21.48322°N, 80.32287°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narayanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUKANDEI NAG
- Block / Mandal
- Bakavand
Getting there
How to reach Karanji
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur138 kmcapital
- Hyderabad495 km
- Mumbai821 km
- Kolkata838 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGudma8 km
- Bus stopGondia Bus Depot Marar toli13 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Amit Sabu10 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India39 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil11 km
- CollegeSmt KDM Collge11 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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