About Karanai Village

Karanai is a mid sized village in Vandavasi tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 715, made up of 344 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604404, 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	Vandavasi
Pincode	604404
Area (hectares)	259.09 hectares
Population	715
Male Population	344
Female Population	371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 4 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 32 km distance

How Karanai compares

By the 2011 count Karanai is the 163rd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents. Its 259.09 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

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 4 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 32 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 63 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Karasangal, about 30 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	Vandavasi	5.3 km
Nearest town	Vandavāsi	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Karasangal	30 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	63 km

Villages closest to Karanai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Vandavasi 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 715. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents.

Karanai village has 344 males and 371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanai has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Karanai is 604404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanai covers 259.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanai falls under Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karanai is Karasangal, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 32 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 4 km distance for Karanai.

Karanai is about 63 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 Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Vandavasi is about 5.3 km away. Vandavāsi is about 5.3 km away. Karasangal is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.