By population, Karanja ranks #84 of 91 villages in Paranda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karanja is a village of 418 people in 98 households (Census 2011) in Paranda taluka, Dharashiv district, Maharashtra, the 84th-largest of 91 villages in Paranda taluka. Literacy is 70%, 5 points above the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 850 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Dharashiv district centre, 8 km from Neknoor, the nearest town, 46 km from Amalner Bhandyache railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413502, served by Paranda post office; the LGD village code is 561098. The nearest hospital or health centre is Manmath Mauli Hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Beed assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Ravindra Kshirsagar. The population is estimated at 493 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karanja · this village | 418 | 70% | — |
| Kandari · Paranda | 2,577 | 65% | 0 km N |
| Karzani · Beed | 1,252 | 62% | 0 km N |
| Katewadi · Paranda | 607 | 69% | 1.6 km W |
| Mandavkhel · Beed | 488 | 58% | 4 km SE |
| Manzari Haveli · Beed | 1,102 | 61% | 4.4 km NW |
| Khanapur · Paranda | 1,134 | 66% | 5.1 km NE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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