About Karungalakudi Village

Karungalakudi is one of the larger villages in Melur tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,842, made up of 3,475 males and 3,367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1525.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karungalakudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karungalakudi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Tehsil	Melur
Pincode	625101
Area (hectares)	1525.15 hectares
Population	6,842
Male Population	3,475
Female Population	3,367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karungalakudi compares

By the 2011 count Karungalakudi is the 8th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,077 residents. Its 1525.15 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Karungalakudi

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

Karungalakudi lies about 37 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Kudalnagar, about 36 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 Karungalakudi
Tehsil headquarters	Melur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kudalnagar	36 km
District headquarters	Madurai	37 km

Villages closest to Karungalakudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karungalakudi village had a population of 6,842. That makes it the 8th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,077 residents.

Karungalakudi village has 3,475 males and 3,367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karungalakudi has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Karungalakudi is 625101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karungalakudi covers 1525.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karungalakudi falls under Melur tehsil of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karungalakudi is Kudalnagar, about 36 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 Karungalakudi.

Karungalakudi is about 37 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karungalakudi is in Melur tehsil of Madurai district. Melur is about 14 km away. Kudalnagar is about 36 km away. Madurai is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.