Karanji (B) observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Aurad mandal is Kottala Basweshwara temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Karanji (B) itself.
Nadahabba — the state festival. Bombe Habba doll steps at home; Mysuru Dasara is the public form, the Jamboo Savari procession on Vijayadashami carrying the Chamundeshwari idol on a decorated elephant.
The regional form observed across Karnataka. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Karanji (B) ranks #20 of 98 villages in Aurad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karanji (B) is a village of 2,193 people in 408 households (Census 2011) in Aurad taluk, Bidar district, Karnataka, the 20th-largest of 98 villages in Aurad taluk. Literacy is 45%, 10 points below the taluk average of 55% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 585326, served by Aurad (B) post office; the LGD village code is 600073. The village votes in Sedam assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Sharanprakash Rudrappa Patil. The population is estimated at 2,586 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Nagmarpalli →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karanji (B) · this village | 2,193 | 45% | — |
| Nagmarpalli · Aurad | 1,837 | 63% | — |
| Raipalli · Aurad | 1,665 | 53% | — |
| Manoor (K) · Aurad | 1,304 | 46% | — |
| Karanji (K) · Aurad | 1,071 | 50% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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