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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 224 families residing. The Karanai village has population of 906 of which 471 are males while 435 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanai village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 11.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanai village is 924 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanai as per census is 804, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Karanai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanai village was 77.14 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Karanai Male literacy stands at 86.75 % while female literacy rate was 66.92 %.

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 224 - -
Population 906 471 435
Child (0-6) 101 56 45
Schedule Caste 364 188 176
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.14 % 86.75 % 66.92 %
Total Workers 410 285 125
Main Worker 373 - -
Marginal Worker 37 8 29

Caste Factor

In Karanai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.18 % of total population in Karanai village. The village Karanai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karanai village out of total population, 410 were engaged in work activities. 90.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 410 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 154 were Agricultural labourer.