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About Karimangalam Village

Karimangalam is a small village in Palakkodu tehsil, in the district of Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 192 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 921.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karimangalam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karimangalam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Dharmapuri
Tehsil Palakkodu
Pincode 635111
Area (hectares) 921.75 hectares
Population 360
Male Population 192
Female Population 168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karimangalam compares

By the 2011 count Karimangalam is the 89th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents. Its 921.75 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Karimangalam

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

How far is Karimangalam from other places

Karimangalam lies about 21 km from Dharmapuri, and the nearest railway station is Palakkodu, about 14 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 Karimangalam
Nearest railway station Palakkodu 14 km
Nearest town Pālakkodu 14 km
District headquarters Dharmapuri 21 km

Villages closest to Karimangalam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Palakkodu 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 Karimangalam

As per the Census of India 2011, Karimangalam village had a population of 360. That makes it the 89th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents.

Karimangalam village has 192 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karimangalam has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

The pincode recorded for Karimangalam is 635111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karimangalam covers 921.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karimangalam falls under Palakkodu tehsil of Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karimangalam is Palakkodu, about 14 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 <5 km distance for Karimangalam.

Karimangalam is about 21 km from Dharmapuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karimangalam is in Palakkodu tehsil of Dharmapuri district. Palakkodu is about 14 km away. Pālakkodu is about 14 km away. Dharmapuri is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kerakodahalli (2.6 km), Naganampatty (3.1 km) and Mukkulam (3.2 km).

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

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