Karanja Tehsil - Washim, Maharashtra

Karanja is an administrative tehsil in the Washim district of Maharashtra, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Karanja is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Karanja, while the nearest airport is Akola Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 39.9 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 824 km², including 809.95 km² rural area and 13.55 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 948 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Karanja Tehsil

Karanja Tehsil has a total of 168 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Aajampur	Rural	Akhatwada
2	Ajampur	Rural	Jaypur
3	Akhatwada	Rural	Akhatwada
4	Alalpur	Rural	Kinhirokade
5	Alamgirpur	Rural	Walhai
6	Alimardapur	Rural	Dhanora (T)
7	Amboda	Rural	Bhivri
8	Anai	Rural	Inza
9	Antarkhed	Rural	Antarkhed
10	Aurangapur	Rural	Brahmanwada
11	Babapur	Rural	Kamargaon
12	Bagapur	Rural	Somthana
13	Bagayat	Rural	Walhai
14	Baggi	Rural	Kherda (Ka)
15	Bahadarpur	Rural	Khanapur
16	Bambarda	Rural	Bambarda
17	Belkhed	Rural	Belkhed
18	Belmandal	Rural	Belmandal
19	Bembla	Rural	Bembla
20	Bhadshivni	Rural	Bhadshiwani
21	Bhambdevi	Rural	Bhamdevi
22	Bhilkheda	Rural	Walhai
23	Bhiwari	Rural	Bhivri
24	Bhuloda	Rural	Bhuloda
25	Bondewadi	Rural	Meha
26	Bramhankhed	Rural	Kherda (Ka)
27	Bramhanwada	Rural	Brahmanwada
28	Chadai	Rural	Parwakohar
29	Dadgaon	Rural	Dadgaon
30	Deochandi	Rural	Shevti
31	Dhamni Khadi	Rural	Dhamni
32	Dhanaj Budruk	Rural	Dhanaj (Bk)
33	Dhanaj Khurd	Rural	Dhanaj (Kd)
34	Dhangarkhed	Rural	Dhangarkhed
35	Dhanora Tathod	Rural	Dhanora (T)
36	Dhotra (Deshmukh)	Rural	Dhotra (Deshmukh)
37	Dhotra (Jahangir)	Rural	Dotra (Jh)
38	Dighi	Rural	Dighi
39	Donad Bk.	Rural	Dond (Bk)
40	Dongargaon	Rural	Dongargaon
41	Dughora	Rural	Dudhora
42	Eklara	Rural	Pimpalgaon (Kd)
43	Gaiwal	Rural	Gaiwal
44	Ganeshpur	Rural	Dhanora (T)
45	Gangapur	Rural	Somthana
46	Girda	Rural	Girda
47	Haibatpur	Rural	Bembla
48	Hasanapur	Rural	Kamargaon
49	Higanwadi	Rural	Hinganwadi
50	Hiwara (Lahe)	Rural	Hiwaralahe
51	Imampur	Rural	Kherda (Ka)
52	Ingalkhed	Rural	Pimpalgaon (Bk)
53	Inza	Rural	Inza
54	Isafpur	Rural	Bembla
55	Isafpur H.75	Rural	Wadhvi
56	Jaipur	Rural	Jaypur
57	Jalalpur	Rural	Kamargaon
58	Jamb	Rural	Jamb
59	Jamthi Kh.	Rural	Antarkhed
60	Janori	Rural	Janori
61	Januna	Rural	Ramnagar
62	Kajaleshwar	Rural	Kajaleshwar
63	Kakadshivni	Rural	Kakadshiwani
64	Kali Karanja	Rural	Kherda (Ka)
65	Kamargaon	Rural	Kamargaon
66	Kamatha	Rural	Kamtha
67	Kamathwada	Rural	Kamathawada
68	Karli	Rural	Karli
69	Khanapur	Rural	Khanapur
70	Khatnapur	Rural	Kherda (Ka)
71	Kherda Bk.	Rural	Kherda (Bk)
72	Kherda Karanja	Rural	Kherda (Ka)
73	Kherda Kh.	Rural	Kherda (Bk)
74	Kinhi Rokade	Rural	Kinhirokade
75	Kinkhed	Rural	Kinkhed
76	Kisan Nagar	Rural	Lohara
77	Koli	Rural	Koli
78	Kupati	Rural	Wapti
79	Kurhad	Rural	Mashalalodi (Kd)
80	Ladegaon	Rural	Ladegaon
81	Lohagaon	Rural	Lohagaon
82	Lohara	Rural	Lohara
83	Loni (Arab)	Rural	Loni (Arab)
84	Mahagaon	Rural	Mahagaon
85	Majalapur	Rural	Shiwan (Bk)
86	Malegaon Dhanaj	Rural	Malegaon
87	Malegaon Yevata	Rural	Girda
88	Malkapur	Rural	Koli
89	Mamdabad (Dhoni)	Rural	Girda
90	Mamdapur	Unmapped	Not applicable
91	Manabha 2	Rural	Manbha
92	Manbha	Rural	Manbha
93	Mandwa	Rural	Shevti
94	Meha	Rural	Meha
95	Mhasala	Rural	Mashalalodi (Kd)
96	Mirzapur	Rural	Pasarni
97	Mohgavhan	Rural	Mohgavhan
98	Mokhad	Rural	Mokhad (P)
99	Morhal	Rural	Jamb
100	Morpur	Rural	Dotra (Jh)
101	Mugutpur	Rural	Virgavan
102	Murambi	Rural	Murbhi
103	Murtijapur	Rural	Brahmanwada
104	Nagalwadi	Rural	Bhivri
105	Nagapur	Rural	Walhai
106	Naregaon	Rural	Mohgavhan
107	Nimbha Jahangir	Rural	Nimbha (J)
108	Palana	Rural	Palana
109	Pangavhan	Rural	Janori
110	Panvihir	Rural	Kinhirokade
111	Parwa Kohar	Rural	Parwakohar
112	Pasrani	Rural	Pasarni
113	Pendha	Rural	Meha
114	Pilkheda	Rural	Pimpri Warghat
115	Pimpalgaon Bk.	Rural	Pimpalgaon (Bk)
116	Pimpalgaon Kh.	Rural	Pimpalgaon (Kd)
117	Pimpri (Forest)	Rural	Ramnagar
118	Pimpri (Modak)	Rural	Pimpri Modak
119	Pimpri Mokhad	Rural	Mokhad (P)
120	Pimpri Warghat	Rural	Pimpri Warghat
121	Poha	Rural	Poha
122	Rahati	Rural	Rahati
123	Ramnagar	Rural	Ramnagar
124	Ramtek	Rural	Hinganwadi
125	Raperi	Rural	Somthana
126	Sahadatpur	Rural	Dhangarkhed
127	Shaha	Rural	Shaha
128	Shahapur	Rural	Wapti
129	Shelu Bu.	Rural	Sheluwada
130	Shemlai	Rural	Bhuloda
131	Sherpur	Rural	Kinhirokade
132	Shevti	Rural	Shevti
133	Shinganapur	Rural	Jaypur
134	Shirsoli	Rural	Sirsoli
135	Shivan Bk.	Rural	Shiwan (Bk)
136	Shivnagar	Rural	Shivnagar
137	Sohal	Rural	Sohal
138	Somthana	Rural	Somthana
139	Sukali	Rural	Sukali
140	Sukali (Karanja)	Rural	Sukali
141	Takali Bk.	Rural	Takli (Bk)
142	Takali Kh	Rural	Takli (Bk)
143	Tamaswadi	Rural	Pimpalgaon (Bk)
144	Tandali	Rural	Zodaga
145	Tapowan	Rural	Murbhi
146	Tarkheda	Rural	Tarkheda
147	Tuljapur	Rural	Tuljapur
148	Ujaleshwar	Rural	Palana
149	Ukarda	Rural	Parwakohar
150	Umbarda Bajar	Rural	Umarda (Bajar)
151	Undri	Rural	Wapti
152	Vilegaon	Rural	Vilegaon
153	Virgavhan	Rural	Virgavan
154	Wadgaon	Rural	Wadgaon (R)
155	Wadgaon Ijara	Rural	Wadgaon (Izara)
156	Wadgaon Range	Rural	Wadgaon (R)
157	Wadhavi	Rural	Wadhvi
158	Waghola	Rural	Waghola
159	Wahitkhed	Rural	Jamb
160	Wai	Rural	Wai (Ka)
161	Waki	Rural	Girda
162	Walhai	Rural	Walhai
163	Wapti	Rural	Wapti
164	Yawardi	Rural	Yawardi
165	Yesapur	Rural	Pasarni
166	Yevta	Rural	Yevta
167	Zodaga	Rural	Zodaga
168	Zolgaon	Rural	Somthana

Population of Karanja Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Karanja Tehsil has a total population of 2,13,824 people, consisting of 1,09,763 males and 1,04,061 females. There are 47,633 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 260 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	2,13,824	1,45,917	67,907
Male Population	1,09,763	75,060	34,703
Female Population	1,04,061	70,857	33,204
Total Households	47,633	34,538	13,095
Population Density	260 / km²	180 / km²	5,012 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 1,63,112 literate people and 25,294 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 35,375 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 5,998 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	25,294	16,899	8,395
Literate Population	1,63,112	1,10,321	52,791
Illiterate Population	50,712	35,596	15,116
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	35,375	29,058	6,317
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	5,998	5,104	894

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Karanja (कारंजा)
District	Washim
State / UT	Maharashtra
Railway Station	Karanja
Total Area	824 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	948
Total Population (2011)	2,13,824
Density	260/km²
Total Villages	168

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