About Karumathur Village

Karumathur is one of the larger villages in Usilampatti tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,737, made up of 3,559 males and 3,178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1630.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625514, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karumathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karumathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Tehsil	Usilampatti
Pincode	625514
Area (hectares)	1630.3 hectares
Population	6,737
Male Population	3,559
Female Population	3,178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karumathur compares

By the 2011 count Karumathur is the 7th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,973 residents. Its 1630.3 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Karumathur

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

Karumathur lies about 21 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Karumattur, 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 Karumathur
Nearest railway station	Karumattur	under 2 km
Nearest town	Sholavandan	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Usilampatti	16 km
District headquarters	Madurai	21 km

Villages closest to Karumathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karumathur village had a population of 6,737. That makes it the 7th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,973 residents.

Karumathur village has 3,559 males and 3,178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karumathur has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Karumathur is 625514. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karumathur covers 1630.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karumathur falls under Usilampatti tehsil of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karumathur is Karumattur, 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 Karumathur.

Karumathur is about 21 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karumathur is in Usilampatti tehsil of Madurai district. Karumattur is about under 2 km away. Sholavandan is about 10 km away. Usilampatti is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.