About Karimkunnam Village

Karimkunnam is one of the larger villages in Thodupuzha tehsil, in the district of Idukki, Kerala. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11,956, made up of 6,024 males and 5,932 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2175 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 685586, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karimkunnam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karimkunnam village
Description	Value
State	Kerala
District	Idukki
Tehsil	Thodupuzha
Pincode	685586
Area (hectares)	2175 hectares
Population	11,956
Male Population	6,024
Female Population	5,932
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karimkunnam compares

By the 2011 count Karimkunnam is the 12th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 14,416 residents. Its 2175 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Karimkunnam

Karimkunnam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karimkunnam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karimkunnam from other places

Karimkunnam lies about 26 km from Idukki, and the nearest railway station is Kuruppanthara, about 32 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Karimkunnam
Tehsil headquarters	Thodupuzha	3.4 km
District headquarters	Idukki	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kuruppanthara	32 km

Villages closest to Karimkunnam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thodupuzha tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Karimkunnam

As per the Census of India 2011, Karimkunnam village had a population of 11,956. That makes it the 12th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 14,416 residents.

Karimkunnam village has 6,024 males and 5,932 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karimkunnam has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Karimkunnam is 685586. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karimkunnam covers 2175 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karimkunnam falls under Thodupuzha tehsil of Idukki district in Kerala.

The nearest railway station to Karimkunnam is Kuruppanthara, about 32 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Karimkunnam.

Karimkunnam is about 26 km from Idukki in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karimkunnam is in Thodupuzha tehsil of Idukki district. Thodupuzha is about 3.4 km away. Idukki is about 26 km away. Kuruppanthara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.