He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Karanji Islampur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Karanji Islampur ranks #158 of 178 villages in Kinwat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karanji Islampur is a village of 348 people in 75 households (Census 2011) in Kinwat taluka, Nanded district, Maharashtra, the 158th-largest of 178 villages in Kinwat taluka. Literacy is 68%, 5 points above the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,047 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 431803, served by Islapur post office; the LGD village code is 544357. The sarpanch is Kavita Ramchandre wanole, and the village votes in Arni assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raju Narayan Todsam. The population is estimated at 410 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Karanji (E) →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karanji Islampur · this village | 348 | 68% | — |
| Hudi (Islapur) · Kinwat | 747 | 64% | — |
| Hudi (D) · Kinwat | 0 | — | — |
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.
Centred on Kinwat mandal
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