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About Karumbakkam Village

Karumbakkam is a mid sized village in Uthiramerur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 850, made up of 438 males and 412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karumbakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karumbakkam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Uthiramerur
Pincode 603106
Area (hectares) 148.22 hectares
Population 850
Male Population 438
Female Population 412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 12 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 12 km distance

How Karumbakkam compares

By the 2011 count Karumbakkam is the 54th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 148.22 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Karumbakkam

Karumbakkam 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 Karumbakkam as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 12 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 12 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karumbakkam from other places

Karumbakkam lies about 25 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Villiyambakkam, about 3.5 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 Karumbakkam
Nearest railway station Villiyambakkam 3.5 km
Nearest town Chengalpattu 8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Uthiramerur 25 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 25 km

Villages closest to Karumbakkam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karumbakkam village had a population of 850. That makes it the 54th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Karumbakkam village has 438 males and 412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karumbakkam has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Karumbakkam is 603106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karumbakkam covers 148.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karumbakkam falls under Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karumbakkam is Villiyambakkam, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 12 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within 12 km distance for Karumbakkam.

Karumbakkam is about 25 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karumbakkam is in Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Villiyambakkam is about 3.5 km away. Chengalpattu is about 8.7 km away. Uthiramerur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Arumbuliyur (under 2 km), Sathananjeri (1.6 km) and Kavanipakkam (2.0 km).

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

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