About Karai Village

Karai is a mid sized village in Devakottai tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 576, made up of 286 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 582.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630302, 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	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Devakottai
Pincode	630302
Area (hectares)	582.48 hectares
Population	576
Male Population	286
Female Population	290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
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 63rd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,175 residents. Its 582.48 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

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 34 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Devakottai Road, about 11 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
Tehsil headquarters	Devakottai	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Devakottai Road	11 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	34 km

Villages closest to Karai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Devakottai 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 576. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,175 residents.

Karai village has 286 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karai has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Karai is 630302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karai covers 582.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karai falls under Devakottai tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karai is Devakottai Road, about 11 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 34 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karai is in Devakottai tehsil of Sivaganga district. Devakottai is about 5.3 km away. Devakottai Road is about 11 km away. Sivaganga is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.