About Karanai Village

Karanai is a mid sized village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 677, made up of 351 males and 326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 433.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631701, 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	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Cheyyar
Pincode	631701
Area (hectares)	433.43 hectares
Population	677
Male Population	351
Female Population	326
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 23 km distance

How Karanai compares

By the 2011 count Karanai is the 160th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 433.43 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

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 23 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 79 km from Tiruvannamalai, 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
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyar	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kanchipuram East	19 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	79 km

Villages closest to Karanai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Cheyyar 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 677. That makes it the 160th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Karanai village has 351 males and 326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanai has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Karanai is 631701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanai covers 433.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karanai falls under Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai 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 23 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 79 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanai is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Cheyyar is about 9.8 km away. Kanchipuram East is about 19 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 79 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.