About Karambur Village

Karambur is a mid sized village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 553, made up of 267 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 374.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karambur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karambur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603204
Area (hectares)	374.38 hectares
Population	553
Male Population	267
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,071
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 6 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 6 km distance

How Karambur compares

By the 2011 count Karambur is the 103rd largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 374.38 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Karambur

Karambur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karambur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 6 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 6 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karambur from other places

Karambur lies about 33 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Pakkam, about 13 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 Karambur
Nearest town	Uttiramerūr	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Pakkam	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	28 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	33 km

Villages closest to Karambur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karambur village had a population of 553. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Karambur village has 267 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karambur has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Karambur is 603204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karambur covers 374.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karambur falls under Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karambur is Pakkam, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 6 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 6 km distance for Karambur.

Karambur is about 33 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karambur is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Uttiramerūr is about 7.7 km away. Pakkam is about 13 km away. Chengalpattu is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.