Karai
Gingee block · Villupuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 605201
· village code 632475
Population 2011
2,830
Census of India
Population 2020
3,476
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.8%
646 people · 2.3% a year
Households
682
0.0% vs 682 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,830
Male / female
1,456 / 1,374
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
944
Children aged 0–6
272
Literacy rate
60.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
923 / 4
Working population
1,480
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.3%
Households
682
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
150
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
52
Non-farm households
98
Share of households farming, 2020
35%
Net sown area
322 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 322 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karai panchayat, Gingee 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
₹20.87 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.49 lakh
Received directly
₹3.00 lakh
Spent
₹14.20 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.12 lakh · received ₹3.39 lakh · spent ₹4.10 lakh · left ₹13.41 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.75 lakh · received ₹5.09 lakh · spent ₹10.10 lakh · left ₹4.75 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.2523, 79.3940 —
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