Karanjia is a town and a Municipality in the eastern Indian state of

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

, about 221 kilometres (134 mi) north of the state capital

Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar () is the capital and the largest city of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Odisha. It is located in the Khordha district. The suburban region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Chakra ...

. It is the sub-divisional headquarter of Panchpir sub-division and a NCA in

Mayurbhanj Mayurbhanj district is one of the 30 districts of Odisha state in eastern India and the largest in the state by area, nearly equivalent to Tripura. The district's headquarters is located in Baripada, with other major towns including Rairangp ...

district. It is bounded on its southeast by Deo river which forms the natural district border for Mayurbhanj.

History

In 2024, Karanjia NAC was upgraded to Municipality status.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Indian

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Karanjia had a population of 22,865. Males constitute 49% of the population, females 51%. Karanjia has an average literacy rate of 83.35%, higher than the state average of 72.87%. Male literacy is 89.10%, and female literacy is 77.76%. 10.45% are under 6.

Politics

Karanjia is part of Keonjhar (Lok Sabha constituency). The current MLA is Basanti Hembram. She won the seat in State elections of 2019 as a candidate of Biju Janata Dal by defeating the candidate of

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

. Karanjia is part of Keonjhar Loksabha constituency. The MP is Chandrani Murmu who won it by defeating the

candidate Ananta Nayak.

References

{{Municipalities of Odisha Cities and towns in Mayurbhanj district