About Aruvikkarai Village

Aruvikkarai is one of the larger villages in Kalkulam tehsil, in the district of Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,203, made up of 2,564 males and 2,639 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 320.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 629177, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aruvikkarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aruvikkarai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanniyakumari
Tehsil	Kalkulam
Pincode	629177
Area (hectares)	320.37 hectares
Population	5,203
Male Population	2,564
Female Population	2,639
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Aruvikkarai compares

By the 2011 count Aruvikkarai is the 10th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 6,667 residents. Its 320.37 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Aruvikkarai

Aruvikkarai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Aruvikkarai 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 Aruvikkarai from other places

Aruvikkarai lies about 11 km from Kanniyakumari, and the nearest railway station is Suchindram, about under 2 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 Aruvikkarai
Nearest railway station	Suchindram	under 2 km
Nearest town	Nāgercoil	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalkulam	11 km
District headquarters	Kanniyakumari	11 km

Villages closest to Aruvikkarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aruvikkarai village had a population of 5,203. That makes it the 10th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,667 residents.

Aruvikkarai village has 2,564 males and 2,639 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aruvikkarai has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Aruvikkarai is 629177. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aruvikkarai covers 320.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Aruvikkarai falls under Kalkulam tehsil of Kanniyakumari district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Aruvikkarai is Suchindram, about under 2 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 Aruvikkarai.

Aruvikkarai is about 11 km from Kanniyakumari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aruvikkarai is in Kalkulam tehsil of Kanniyakumari district. Suchindram is about under 2 km away. Nāgercoil is about 4.8 km away. Kalkulam is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.