Karanja (Ghadge) | |
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Tehesil town | |
 Golibar Chowk at Karanja(gh) | |
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  Karanja (Ghadge) Map showing location of Karanja (gh)  Karanja (Ghadge) Karanja (Ghadge) (India) | |
| Coordinates: 21°9′39.47″N 78°24′32.76″E / 21.1609639°N 78.4091000°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Region | Vidarbha |
| District | Wardha |
| Total villages in Tehsil | 121 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Nagar panchayat |
| • Body | Karanja Nagar panchayat |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 90,462 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| • Other Languages | Hindi, English, Gujrati, Sindhi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | 91-7156 |
| Vehicle registration | MH- 32 (Wardha District) |
| Website | under construction |
Karanja (Ghadge) is a Tehsil town under Subdivision Arvi and is taluka (code 4961) in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Karanja is situated at National Highway 53 (India) or Asian Highway (AH46) or National Highway 6 (India, old numbering). It's 76 km away from Nagpur and 75 km away from Amravati and 70 km away from Wardha and is almost at the centre of Metropolis Cities and so tourists, travellers, buses, travels tends to take rest. Near about 60 gram panchayat and 102 villages come under the Tehsil. Most of the Citizens are Hindus. Other than Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims have also organized.
In Hinduism , most of the people belong to the Kshatriya Pawar (also known as Bhoyar Pawar) caste. Some other major Hindu castes include Brahmin, Maratha, Kunbi, Teli etc.
Tribals like Gond are also in large numbers. All the festival like Holi, Diwali, Dasara, Pola, Ganesh Utsav, Muharram, Eid al-Fitr are all celebrated. [citation needed]
In the year 2015, Karanja became a Nagar Panchayat.[citation needed]
The MahaOrange Plant situated 2.5 km away from Karanja Ghadge is a facility for exporting Oranges and other fruits like Banana. It was active before 2009-2010 and used to export oranges but due to some unknown circumstances, the plant shut down, and so the plant was non-functional for many years and, hence, yes, it was a challenge. Though it has all major facilities for preparing the fruit for the export, it doesn't have a processing unit attached to it. It has facilities for grading, wax-coating of fruit, pre- cooling and cold storage facilities. But none of these units in the plant were functional. Hence, when Mahaorange took over the plant in January 2015, Shridhar Thakre told MSMAB to first repair the plant as said to TOI.
Golibar Chowk is one of the main square in Karanja Ghadge, situated near Bus Stop. The name of the square is derived due to one of the incidents regarding Gunfire. The गोळीमार or golimar (Gunfire) incident is one of the incident happened in Karanja Ghadge.[citation needed]
Karanja Ghadge and near by area is also good producer of oranges.These oranges are well known for its sweet taste.
Cotton & Soyabean is also produced in Karanja Tehsil in large scale.
Karanja as a town has a lengthy land scape and has scenic view from Shri Vitthal Tekdi, here Shri Vitthal means Lord Krishna & Tekdi means hill. This Vithhal Tekdi is famous spot in karanja town, its really know for the Shri Vitthal Temple which is build on the top of the hill & since at the top of hill there is large flat area like plateau is formed hence many citizen prefer to have morning and evening walk over there, many sports enthusiasts love this spot for running, jogging and exercise. Many devotees love to have Bhajan during evening and nighttime during holy months.
Athawadi Bazaar means the weekly vegetable & other accessory markets is open on every Sunday from Moring 7.00 am to late night 11.30 PM. This weekly market caters to regular needs of karanja town and near by villages. Kachha Chiwada & Jalebi is famous items here in this market since its inception.