Notified Area Council · Mayurbhanj district
Karanjia
Karanjia is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 22,865 people in 5,060 households, up 6.6% from 21,441 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 22,865
- Literacy
- 83.4%
- Area
- 18.48 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 15
- Sub-district
- Karanjia
- LGD body code
- 250480
People and work in Karanjia
- Population
- 22,865
- 11,334 male · 11,531 female
- Households
- 5,060
- about 4.5 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 83.4%
- men 89.1% · women 77.8%below urban Mayurbhanj (85.9%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,017
- above urban Mayurbhanj (956)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 915
- People per km²
- 1,237
- Scheduled Castes
- 3,468 (15.2%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 6,661 (29.1%)
What the 7,769 workers did
- Cultivators340 (4.4%)
- Agricultural labourers302 (3.9%)
- Household industry239 (3.1%)
- Other work5,798 (74.6%)
- Marginal workers1,090 (14.0%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 1981
Census counts for each decade in which Karanjia was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 18.48 km²
- Population class
- Class III
- Community development block
- Karanjia
- Annual rainfall
- 1,507 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 45.4°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 230 km by road
- District headquarters
- Baripada, 125 km
- Nearest railway station
- Badampahar, 40 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Baripada, 125 km
- Roads
- 60 km pucca, 60 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 3,586
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 23 (8 government, 15 private)
- Middle schools
- 9 (7 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 6 (3 government, 3 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 4 (1 government, 3 private)
- Degree colleges
- 3
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 70 beds
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Nursing homes
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 8
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 2
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 3
- Cinema halls
- 2
- Public libraries
- 5
- Reading rooms
- 4
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 9
- Stadiums
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Oil, Alluminium Utensil, Phenyl,Bleaching
Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since.
Other towns in Mayurbhanj
See also: Karanjia sub-district · People of Mayurbhanj district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Karanjia as a notified area council (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.