# Karai Village, Kunnam, Perambalur (Tamil Nadu) – PIN Code

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Village · Kunnam, Perambalur 

# Karai

Karai is a village in Kunnam sub-district of Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **621109**. The 2011 Census counted **2,435 people in 666 households**, the 48th largest of 86 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.6%.

- 2,435people (2011)
- 666households
- 69.8%literacy
- 621109PIN code

## Karai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karai is 621109.** Karai falls in Kunnam sub-district, Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code621109
- Gram panchayatKarai
- Community development blockAlathur
- Census village code636274

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Karai from nearby towns?

- Kunnam (sub-district HQ)38 km by road
- Perambalur (district HQ)18 km by road
- Perambalur (nearest town)18 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Karai?

26 services counted by the Census are inside Karai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 4 doctors
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Perambalur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Perambalur
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)21 h summer · 21 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Karai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and cotton**. About 41% of the 1,119 hectares of village land is sown, and 55 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Karai

Of every 100 households in Karai in 2011, 86 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karai · ■ Kunnam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**84%

Tap water ****69%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**75%

Use banking services ****36%**

**59%

Television ****84%**

**86%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**6%

Own their home ****87%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Karai?

■ Karai · ■ Kunnam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**69.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**1004

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**903

Working population ****63.1%**

**57.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 60.0% for women. 62% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 706 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 518 (34%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 124 (8%) · **■** Marginal 181 (12%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kunnam

- Kilamathur2,678 people
- Nattaramangalam2,646 people
- Perali2,560 people
- Adhanur2,535 people
- Sithali2,400 people
- Kottarai2,329 people
- Thungapuram2,290 people
- Elumur2,165 people

[All 89 villages in Kunnam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/perambalur/kunnam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karai?621109
- How far is Karai from Perambalur?18 km by road
- What is the population of Karai?2,435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karai in?Perambalur district (Kunnam sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Karai?69.8% (Census 2011)