Karai (East)
Alathur block · Perambalur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 621109
· village code 636274
Population 2011
2,435
Census of India
Population 2020
2,771
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.8%
336 people · 1.4% a year
Households
838
+25.8% vs 666 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,435
Male / female
1,227 / 1,208
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
985
Children aged 0–6
195
Literacy rate
64.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
733 / 0
Working population
1,536
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.0%
Households
666
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
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
105
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
15
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
565 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
565 / 6 / 122
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karai panchayat, Alathur 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
₹74.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.83 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹59.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.95 lakh · received ₹5.93 lakh · spent ₹7.96 lakh · left ₹18.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.35 lakh · received ₹8.90 lakh · spent ₹21.50 lakh · left ₹40.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.1532, 78.8587 —
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Nearby villages
Kalarampatti R.F,
compare · Kalpadi (North)
compare · Kalpadi (South)
compare · Kannapady
compare · Karai (West)
compare · Kariyanur
compare · Keelakkarai
compare · Keelakkarai R.F
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Perambalur district ·
School
staffing across Perambalur ·
…and across Tamil Nadu