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About Karanaithangal Village

Karanaithangal is a small village in Sriperumbudur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 93 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanaithangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanaithangal village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Sriperumbudur
Pincode 601301
Area (hectares) 72.73 hectares
Population 182
Male Population 93
Female Population 89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 957
Bus Service (public) Available within 3 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 3 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 9 km distance

How Karanaithangal compares

By the 2011 count Karanaithangal is the 121st largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 72.73 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Karanaithangal

Karanaithangal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karanaithangal as Available within 3 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 3 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 9 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karanaithangal from other places

Karanaithangal lies about 30 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Potheri, about 8.5 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Karanaithangal
Nearest railway station Potheri 8.5 km
Nearest town Gūduvāncheri 9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Sriperumbudur 11 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 30 km

Villages closest to Karanaithangal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sriperumbudur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Karanaithangal

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanaithangal village had a population of 182. That makes it the 121st largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Karanaithangal village has 93 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanaithangal has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Karanaithangal is 601301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanaithangal covers 72.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanaithangal falls under Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karanaithangal is Potheri, about 8.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 9 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 3 km distance and private bus service as Available within 3 km distance for Karanaithangal.

Karanaithangal is about 30 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanaithangal is in Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Potheri is about 8.5 km away. Gūduvāncheri is about 9.3 km away. Sriperumbudur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Serapanacheri (under 2 km), Vellerithangal (under 2 km) and Kavalkazhani (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karanaithangal today is likely to be higher.

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