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Karai Population - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Karai is a medium size village located in Devakottai Taluka of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu with total 164 families residing. The Karai village has population of 576 of which 286 are males while 290 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karai village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 10.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karai village is 1014 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Karai as per census is 667, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Karai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Karai village was 82.95 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Karai Male literacy stands at 93.20 % while female literacy rate was 73.31 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Karai village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Karai village.

Karai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 164 - -
Population 576 286 290
Child (0-6) 60 36 24
Schedule Caste 111 61 50
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.95 % 93.20 % 73.31 %
Total Workers 201 161 40
Main Worker 174 - -
Marginal Worker 27 23 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.27 % of total population in Karai village. The village Karai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karai village out of total population, 201 were engaged in work activities. 86.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 201 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 95 were Agricultural labourer.