Karanai
Vandavasi block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604404
· village code 631468
Population 2011
715
Census of India
Population 2020
1,018
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+42.4%
303 people · 4.0% a year
Households
219
+27.3% vs 172 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
715
Male / female
344 / 371
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,078
Children aged 0–6
86
Literacy rate
61.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
465
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.9%
Households
172
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
19
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
186
Non-farm households
33
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
187 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
187 / 145 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karanai panchayat, Vandavasi 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
₹5.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.80 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹4.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.91 lakh · received ₹71,992 · spent ₹2.35 lakh · left ₹1.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.91 lakh · received ₹1.08 lakh · spent ₹2.13 lakh · left ₹1.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.5034, 79.6154 —
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