About Karani Village

Karani is a mid sized village in Gummidipoondi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 755, made up of 367 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karani village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Gummidipoondi
Pincode	601101
Area (hectares)	319.48 hectares
Population	755
Male Population	367
Female Population	388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057
Bus Service (public)	Available within 1 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 1 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 15 km distance

How Karani compares

By the 2011 count Karani is the 58th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents. Its 319.48 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Karani

Karani 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 Karani as Available within 1 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 1 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 15 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karani from other places

Karani lies about 23 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Putlur, about 26 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 Karani
Nearest town	Nagalapuram	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gummidipoondi	23 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	23 km
Nearest railway station	Putlur	26 km

Villages closest to Karani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karani village had a population of 755. That makes it the 58th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents.

Karani village has 367 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karani has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Karani is 601101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karani covers 319.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karani falls under Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karani is Putlur, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 15 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 1 km distance and private bus service as Available within 1 km distance for Karani.

Karani is about 23 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karani is in Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Nagalapuram is about 9.2 km away. Gummidipoondi is about 23 km away. Thiruvallur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.