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Karanai Population - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Karanai is a medium size village located in Chengalpattu Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 404 families residing. The Karanai village has population of 1677 of which 836 are males while 841 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanai village population of children with age 0-6 is 213 which makes up 12.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanai village is 1006 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanai as per census is 1048, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Karanai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanai village was 83.33 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Karanai Male literacy stands at 89.21 % while female literacy rate was 77.46 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Karanai 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 Karanai village.

Karanai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 404 - -
Population 1,677 836 841
Child (0-6) 213 104 109
Schedule Caste 535 254 281
Schedule Tribe 3 1 2
Literacy 83.33 % 89.21 % 77.46 %
Total Workers 606 458 148
Main Worker 551 - -
Marginal Worker 55 29 26

Caste Factor

Karanai village of Kancheepuram has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.90 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.18 % of total population in Karanai village.

Work Profile

In Karanai village out of total population, 606 were engaged in work activities. 90.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 606 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.