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About Keezhaiyur Village

Keezhaiyur is a large village in Karaikal Taluk tehsil, in the district of Karaikal, Puducherry. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,687, made up of 1,340 males and 1,347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keezhaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keezhaiyur village
Description Value
State Puducherry
District Karaikal
Tehsil Karaikal Taluk
Pincode 609606
Area (hectares) 343.2 hectares
Population 2,687
Male Population 1,340
Female Population 1,347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Keezhaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Keezhaiyur is the 7th largest of the 10 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,874 residents. Its 343.2 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Keezhaiyur

Keezhaiyur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keezhaiyur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keezhaiyur from other places

Keezhaiyur lies about 26 km from Karaikal, and the nearest railway station is Vithisvarankol, about 8.6 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 Keezhaiyur
Nearest railway station Vithisvarankol 8.6 km
Nearest town Mayiladuthurai 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Karaikal Taluk 26 km
District headquarters Karaikal 26 km

Villages closest to Keezhaiyur

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

Common questions about Keezhaiyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Keezhaiyur village had a population of 2,687. That makes it the 7th largest of the 10 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,874 residents.

Keezhaiyur village has 1,340 males and 1,347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keezhaiyur has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Keezhaiyur is 609606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keezhaiyur covers 343.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Keezhaiyur falls under Karaikal Taluk tehsil of Karaikal district in Puducherry.

The nearest railway station to Keezhaiyur is Vithisvarankol, about 8.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Keezhaiyur.

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

Keezhaiyur is in Karaikal Taluk tehsil of Karaikal district. Vithisvarankol is about 8.6 km away. Mayiladuthurai is about 10 km away. Karaikal Taluk is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kottucherry (21 km), Thiruvettakudy (24 km) and Polagam (26 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Keezhaiyur today is likely to be higher.

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