Karai, Devakottai

Karai is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Devakottai Taluk in Sivaganga district of Tamilnadu, which falls under Devakottai block. It belongs to Sivaganga parliament constituency and Karaikudi assembly constituency. Palanisamy S is the President of Karai Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address subbaiahpalanisamy28@gmail.com and mobile number 76048xxx69. The Secretary is Selvam S, who can be reached at email address selvamsilamban@gmail.com and mobile number 81445xxx27. The Panchayat address is Karai, Pincode - 630311. You can reach there by taking a bus till Karai bus stop which is less than a km away. The Panchayat has homestay option.

As on November 2024, the current population of Karai is 617 out of which 306 are males and rest 311 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1016 females per 1000 males. There are around 60 teenagers in Karai. It has literacy rate of 74% which means around 458 persons can read and write. Total 119 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 176 households in Karai, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 215. The pincode of Karai is 630311 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Periyakarai Sub Post office
• Velayuthapattinam Branch Post office
• Pavanakottai Branch Post office

Schools

Karai has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Govt. Higher Secondary School, Periyakarai
• Pums Ilankudi
• Pums, Natchangulam
• Sri Shanmuga Middle School, Velayuthapattinam
• Pums Kallangudi

Hospitals

Karai has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Pavanakottai Sub-Center
• Kottoor Sub-Center
• Velayuthapattinam Primary Health Center
• Periyakarai Sub-Center

Panchayat Members

Ward Member

Karai Gram Panchayat has total 6 elected Ward Member.

1. Majula S - Mobile: 80982xxx58 - Email: bdodvk@gmail.com
2. Amala K - Mobile: 98433xxx62 - Email: bdodvk@gmail.com
3. Raman V - Mobile: 76396xxx24 - Email: bdodvk@gmail.com
4. Malathi S - Mobile: 97501xxx09 - Email: bdodvk@gmail.com
5. Muthu Karuppan - Mobile: 93614xxx20 - Email: bdodvk@gmail.com
6. Selvaraj - Mobile: 99433xxx84 - Email: bdodvk@gmail.com

Covered villages

Karai Gram Panchayat manages total 3 villages.

• Egaraikottaivayal
• Karai
• Pudukkottai