Karai (West)

Alathur block · Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 621109 · village code 636275

Population 2011

2,104

Census of India

Population 2020

1,934

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-8.1%

-170 people · -0.9% a year

Households

570

+0.5% vs 567 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

2,104

Male / female

1,032 / 1,072

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,039

Children aged 0–6

215

Literacy rate

63.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

540 / 0

Working population

1,313

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

72.8%

Households

567

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

1-4 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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Net sown area

575 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

575 / 45 / 15

Main irrigation source

Surface water

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 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

Kalpadi (North) compare · Kalpadi (South) compare · Kannapady compare · Karai (East) compare · Kariyanur compare · Keelakkarai compare · Keelakkarai R.F compare · Keelaperambalur compare

How this village compares

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