Kanai
Kanai block · Villupuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 605301
· village code 632926
Population 2011
3,440
Census of India
Population 2020
3,850
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.9%
410 people · 1.3% a year
Households
951
+17.4% vs 810 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,440
Male / female
1,734 / 1,706
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
454
Literacy rate
67.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
562 / 11
Working population
1,474
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
36.9%
Households
810
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
130
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
551
Non-farm households
400
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
1,523 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,523 / 254 / 254
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kanai panchayat, Kanai 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
₹59.39 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.04 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹58.17 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.95 lakh · received ₹4.41 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹31.37 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.44 lakh · received ₹6.62 lakh · spent ₹12.26 lakh · left ₹26.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.8995, 78.9626 —
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