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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 567 families residing. The Karai village has population of 2104 of which 1032 are males while 1072 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karai village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 10.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karai village is 1039 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Karai as per census is 870, 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 70.25 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Karai Male literacy stands at 78.19 % while female literacy rate was 62.76 %.

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 567 - -
Population 2,104 1,032 1,072
Child (0-6) 215 115 100
Schedule Caste 540 255 285
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.25 % 78.19 % 62.76 %
Total Workers 1,313 679 634
Main Worker 1,257 - -
Marginal Worker 56 26 30

Caste Factor

Karai village of Perambalur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.67 % 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, 1313 were engaged in work activities. 95.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1313 workers engaged in Main Work, 268 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 664 were Agricultural labourer.