About Karai Village

Karai is a large village in Kunnam tehsil, in the district of Perambalur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,435, made up of 1,227 males and 1,208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1118.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 621109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Perambalur
Tehsil	Kunnam
Pincode	621109
Area (hectares)	1118.59 hectares
Population	2,435
Male Population	1,227
Female Population	1,208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karai compares

By the 2011 count Karai is the 39th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,960 residents. Its 1118.59 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 1007.

Getting to Karai

Karai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karai 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karai from other places

Karai lies about 117 km from Perambalur, and the nearest railway station is Perani, about 16 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 Karai
Nearest town	Gingee	11 km
Nearest railway station	Perani	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kunnam	30 km
District headquarters	Perambalur	117 km

Villages closest to Karai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karai village had a population of 2,435. That makes it the 39th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,960 residents.

Karai village has 1,227 males and 1,208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karai has about 985 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 1007.

The pincode recorded for Karai is 621109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karai covers 1118.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karai falls under Kunnam tehsil of Perambalur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karai is Perani, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Karai is about 117 km from Perambalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karai is in Kunnam tehsil of Perambalur district. Gingee is about 11 km away. Perani is about 16 km away. Kunnam is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.