About Karattai Village

Karattai is a mid sized village in Vanur tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,644, made up of 818 males and 826 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 874 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karattai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karattai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Vanur
Pincode	604154
Area (hectares)	874 hectares
Population	1,644
Male Population	818
Female Population	826
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 28 km distance

How Karattai compares

By the 2011 count Karattai is the 39th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,085 residents. Its 874 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 974.

Getting to Karattai

Karattai 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 Karattai 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 28 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karattai from other places

Karattai lies about 42 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Panchalam, about 21 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 Karattai
Tehsil headquarters	Vanur	15 km
Nearest town	Marakkanam	15 km
Nearest railway station	Panchalam	21 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	42 km

Villages closest to Karattai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karattai village had a population of 1,644. That makes it the 39th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,085 residents.

Karattai village has 818 males and 826 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karattai has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Karattai is 604154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karattai covers 874 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karattai falls under Vanur tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karattai is Panchalam, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 28 km distance.

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

Karattai is about 42 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karattai is in Vanur tehsil of Viluppuram district. Vanur is about 15 km away. Marakkanam is about 15 km away. Panchalam is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.