Karanja, Wardha

For the tehsil in Washim district, see Karanja Lad. For other places, see Karanja.

Karanja (Ghadge)
Tehesil town
Golibar Chowk at Karanja(gh)
Map
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Coordinates: 21°9′39.47″N78°24′32.76″E / 21.1609639°N 78.4091000°E / 21.1609639; 78.4091000
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 Ghadge

Karanja is situated at National Highway 53 (India) or Asian Highway (AH46) or National Highway 6 (India, old numbering). It is 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 tend to take rest. Around 60 gram panchayat and 102 villages come under the Tehsil. Most of the citizens are Hindus. Other than Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims have a presence.

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 such as Gond are also in large numbers. All the festival such as Holi, Diwali, Dasara, Pola, Ganesh Utsav, Muharram, Eid al-Fitr are celebrated. ^{[ citation needed ]}

In the year 2015, Karanja became a Nagar Panchayat.^{[ citation needed ]}

The MahaOrange Plant

The MahaOrangePlant Satellite view

The MahaOrange Plant situated 2.5 km away from Karanja Ghadge is a facility for exporting oranges and other fruits such as banana. It was active before 2009-2010 and used to export oranges but due to 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 does not 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 incident

Golibar Chowk is one of the main squares in Karanja Ghadge, situated near the 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 incidents that happened in Karanja Ghadge.^{[ citation needed ]}

Sweet oranges

Karanja Ghadge and the nearby area is also a good producer of oranges. These oranges are well known for their sweet taste.

Cotton and soyabean

Cotton and soyabean is also produced in Karanja Tehsil in large scale.

Shree Vitthal Tekdi

Karanja as a town has a lengthy landscape and has a scenic view from Shri Vitthal Tekdi, here Shri Vitthal means Lord Krishna & Tekdi means hill. This Vithhal Tekdi is a famous spot in Karanja town, it is really known for the Shri Vitthal Temple which is built on the top of the hill and since at the top of hill there is a large flat plateau area many citizens prefer to have morning and evening walks 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 ( weekly market)

Athawadi Bazaar means the weekly vegetable and other accessory markets are open on every Sunday from 7.00 am to late night 11.30 pm. This weekly market caters to regular needs of Karanja town and nearby villages. Kachha Chiwada and Jalebi are famous items here in this market since its inception.

References

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1. "Wardha District Census 2011" . Retrieved 21 January 2023.
2. "STD & PIN Codes" . Retrieved 21 January 2023.
3. "Municipalities Wardha" . Retrieved 21 January 2023.
4. "Tehsils of Wardha District" . Retrieved 21 January 2023.
5. "Subdivision & Blocks" . Retrieved 21 January 2023.
6. "The MahaOrangePlant reference 1". The Times of India. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2023.