# Karanur Village, Kallakkurichi, Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Kallakkurichi, Viluppuram 

# Karanur

Karanur is a village in Kallakkurichi sub-district of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **606202**. The 2011 Census counted **1,703 people in 387 households**, the 91st largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 1,703people (2011)
- 387households
- 67.7%literacy
- 606202PIN code

## Karanur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karanur is 606202.** Karanur falls in Kallakkurichi sub-district, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code606202
- Gram panchayatKaranur
- Community development blockChinnasalem
- Census village code633446

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

## How far is Karanur from nearby towns?

- Kallakkurichi (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Viluppuram (district HQ)75 km by road
- Kallakkurichi (nearest town)4 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 Karanur?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Karanur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kallakurichi
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Indili
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Thachur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 22 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 Karanur known for?

The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and cotton**. About 63% of the 386 hectares of village land is sown, and 243 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 Karanur

Of every 100 households in Karanur in 2011, 90 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 76 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karanur · ■ Kallakkurichi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**87%

Tap water ****86%**

**74%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****76%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****24%**

**73%

Use banking services ****16%**

**50%

Television ****85%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**23%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Karanur?

■ Karanur · ■ Kallakkurichi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**918

Working population ****55.3%**

**54.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 56.9% for women. 56% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (11%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 122 (13%) · **■** Marginal 662 (70%)

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 Kallakkurichi

- Ammakalathur1,771 people
- Kunniyur1,743 people
- Varanjaram1,734 people
- Poosappadi1,730 people
- Kottaiyur1,698 people
- Elavadi1,692 people
- Moongilpadi1,676 people
- Kalasamudram1,675 people

[All 154 villages in Kallakkurichi](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/viluppuram/kallakkurichi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karanur?606202
- How far is Karanur from Viluppuram?75 km by road
- What is the population of Karanur?1,703 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karanur in?Viluppuram district (Kallakkurichi sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Karanur?67.7% (Census 2011)