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Karai Population - Perambalur, Tamil Nadu

Karai is a large village located in Kunnam Taluka of Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu with total 666 families residing. The Karai village has population of 2435 of which 1227 are males while 1208 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karai village population of children with age 0-6 is 195 which makes up 8.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karai village is 985 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Karai as per census is 912, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Karai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Karai village was 69.78 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Karai Male literacy stands at 79.47 % while female literacy rate was 60.00 %.

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 666 - -
Population 2,435 1,227 1,208
Child (0-6) 195 102 93
Schedule Caste 733 355 378
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.78 % 79.47 % 60.00 %
Total Workers 1,536 766 770
Main Worker 1,355 - -
Marginal Worker 181 81 100

Caste Factor

Karai village of Perambalur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.10 % 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, 1536 were engaged in work activities. 88.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1536 workers engaged in Main Work, 706 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 518 were Agricultural labourer.