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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sneha Bagde
Contact: 80****9315
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- LGD code
- 498512
- Pincode
- 481224
- Post office
- Karanja (Balaghat)
- Population
- 3,872
- Households
- 860
- Literacy rate
- 71.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1066 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,332
- Distance to district centre
- 110 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 66 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 373 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 492 km
- Nearest railway station
- Amgaon · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Amgaon · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karanja compares
By population, Karanja ranks #5 of 162 villages in Lanji mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.9%
+4.2% vs mandal average
Karanja71.9%
Lanji mandal67.7%
Balaghat district67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,066
+52 vs mandal average
Karanja1,066
Lanji mandal1,014
Household size
people per home
4.5
Same as the mandal average
Karanja4.5
Lanji mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karanja at a glance
Karanja is a village of 3,872 people in 860 households (Census 2011) in Lanji tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 5th-largest of 162 villages in Lanji tehsil. Literacy is 72%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,066 women per 1,000 men. It lies 110 km from the Balaghat district centre, 9 km from Amgaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481224, served by Karanja (Balaghat) post office; the LGD village code is 498512. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Amgaon, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Sneha Bagde, and the village votes in Balaghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anubha Munjare. The population is estimated at 4,565 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Karanja →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karanja · this village | 3,872 | 72% | — |
| Singola · Lanji | 1,695 | 72% | 1.8 km NE |
| Kulpa · Lanji | 3,356 | 70% | 2.8 km SW |
| Mokasitola · Salekasa | 413 | 72% | 4.1 km SE |
| Kotjambhora · Deori | 983 | 60% | 4.1 km SE |
| Kotjambhora · Salekasa | 778 | 76% | 4.1 km SE |
| Maharitola · Amgaon | 982 | 72% | 4 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karanja
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- LANJI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 77
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 980.37
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 745.08
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karanja
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karanja
- LGD code
- 498512
- Pincode
- 481224
- Post office
- Karanja (Balaghat)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,872
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,565
- Households
- 860
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1066
- Literacy rate
- 71.9%
- Coordinates
- 21.41279°N, 80.43744°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Member of Parliament
- Bharti Pardhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anubha Munjare
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sneha Bagde
- Block / Mandal
- Lanji
Getting there
How to reach Karanja
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal373 kmcapital
- Hyderabad492 km
- Kolkata827 km
- Mumbai830 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAmgaon9 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Amgaon8 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum25 km
- CollegeSmt KDM Collge26 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)