About Karanai Village

Karanai is a mid sized village in Uthiramerur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,177, made up of 613 males and 564 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Uthiramerur
Pincode	603403
Area (hectares)	306.73 hectares
Population	1,177
Male Population	613
Female Population	564
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 42 km distance

How Karanai compares

By the 2011 count Karanai is the 37th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 306.73 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Karanai

Karanai 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 Karanai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 42 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karanai from other places

Karanai lies about 18 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Kanchipuram East, about 19 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 Karanai
Nearest town	Cheyyar	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Uthiramerur	18 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kanchipuram East	19 km

Villages closest to Karanai

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

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Common questions about Karanai

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanai village had a population of 1,177. That makes it the 37th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Karanai village has 613 males and 564 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanai has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Karanai is 603403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanai covers 306.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanai falls under Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karanai is Kanchipuram East, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 42 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Karanai.

Karanai is about 18 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanai is in Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Cheyyar is about 9.8 km away. Uthiramerur is about 18 km away. Kancheepuram is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.