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About Keelkuppam Village

Keelkuppam is a large village in Pochampalli tehsil, in the district of Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,560, made up of 1,326 males and 1,234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 636.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keelkuppam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keelkuppam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Krishnagiri
Tehsil Pochampalli
Pincode 635201
Area (hectares) 636.65 hectares
Population 2,560
Male Population 1,326
Female Population 1,234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keelkuppam compares

By the 2011 count Keelkuppam is the 33rd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 4,419 residents. Its 636.65 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Keelkuppam

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

Keelkuppam lies about 40 km from Krishnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Molakarampatti, about 4.7 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 Keelkuppam
Nearest railway station Molakarampatti 4.7 km
Nearest town Tirupattur 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Pochampalli 25 km
District headquarters Krishnagiri 40 km

Villages closest to Keelkuppam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keelkuppam village had a population of 2,560. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,419 residents.

Keelkuppam village has 1,326 males and 1,234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keelkuppam has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Keelkuppam is 635201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keelkuppam covers 636.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keelkuppam falls under Pochampalli tehsil of Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Keelkuppam is Molakarampatti, about 4.7 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 Keelkuppam.

Keelkuppam is about 40 km from Krishnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keelkuppam is in Pochampalli tehsil of Krishnagiri district. Molakarampatti is about 4.7 km away. Tirupattur is about 6.8 km away. Pochampalli 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 Bommepalli (15 km), Kondareddipatti (15 km) and Sevvampatti (16 km).

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

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