Karai
Walajabad block · Kanchipuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 631552
· village code 629605
Population 2011
2,091
Census of India
Population 2020
4,607
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+120.3%
2,516 people · 9.2% a year
Households
682
+31.7% vs 518 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,091
Male / female
1,064 / 1,027
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
965
Children aged 0–6
234
Literacy rate
62.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
338 / 19
Working population
1,008
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
56.1%
Households
518
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
360
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
628
Non-farm households
54
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
120 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
120 / 60 / 80
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karai panchayat, Walajabad zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹35.95 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.76 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.78 lakh · received ₹3.10 lakh · spent ₹7.45 lakh · left ₹15.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.17 lakh · received ₹4.65 lakh · spent ₹10.18 lakh · left ₹10.64 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.8468, 79.7070 —
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