Karji is a small village in the Ratnagiri district of the State of Maharashtra, India. The village's code is 03988500,[1] and its PIN code is 415727.[2]

Karji
Karjee
village
Karji is located in Maharashtra
Karji
Karji
Location in Maharashtra, India
Karji is located in India
Karji
Karji
Karji (India)
Coordinates: 17°38′45″N 73°22′30″E / 17.64583°N 73.37500°E / 17.64583; 73.37500
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictRatnagiri
Government
 • BodyGrampanchyat
Population
 • Total
415,727
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
415727
Telephone code02356
Vehicle registrationMH -08
Nearest cityKhed
Literacy70%%
Lok Sabha constituencyRaigard
Vidhan Sabha constituencyGuhagar
Civic agencyGrampanchyat

Geography

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Karji is located in the heart of Khadipatan, Taluka of Khed, on the Khed - Bahirwali road, about 18.0 km (11.2 miles) from Khed, and 20.0 km (12.4 miles) from its railway station. The village is surrounded by two rivers, one of which is the Jagbudi.[3][4]

Demographics

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Karji consists of four sub-villages (Tambe Mohallah, Chougle Mohallah, Rehmat Mohallah, Amshet and Karji Gavalwadi), with over 600 homes and a total population approaching 3000. Community surnames include Jadhav, Tambe, Parkar, Chougle, Yedre, Burte, Dhanavade, Devrukhkar, Nadkar, Jagde and Gawade. The main religions are Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam (Hindu kunbi samaj).[clarification needed] The main source of income is rice-farming, and most of the village's youth work in the Middle Eastern countries of Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar. Some of them are settled in the United Kingdom, United States of America, South Africa and other countries.

Amenities

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Education is available in Urdu and Marathi. Adarsha High School and Junior College in Karji[3] was one of the first schools at this level in the area.

The village has a water scheme, a telephone exchange, Internet services (dial-up connection Sancharnet as Prepaid, NetOne as Postpaid and ADSL broadband) from BSNL, Cell phone (Mobile) services of Vodafone Essar, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices, BSNL and Reliance Communications, a government hospital and a postal service. The village has a branch of the State Bank of India,[5] and a bridge over a creek that is connected to the Jagbudi.[4] Bus services are run by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ EDP Centre (6 December 2001). "Dist. Name: Ratnagiri (Code: 32) Taluka Name: Khed". Directorate of Economics and Statistics - Planning Department, Government of Maharashtra. 9.2720. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Maharashtra PIN Codes". India Vilas. 2001. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Adarsh High School, Karjee". Wikimapia. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  4. ^ a b "Karji Bridge". wikimapia. 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  5. ^ "Branch Name: KARJEE". State Bank of India. 2005. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2007.