About Kilakarai Village

Kilakarai is a small village in Vadipatti tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 469, made up of 231 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kilakarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kilakarai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Tehsil	Vadipatti
Pincode	625501
Area (hectares)	139.36 hectares
Population	469
Male Population	231
Female Population	238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kilakarai compares

By the 2011 count Kilakarai is the 58th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,576 residents. Its 139.36 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Kilakarai

Kilakarai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kilakarai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kilakarai from other places

Kilakarai lies about 18 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Samayanallur, about 9.6 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 Kilakarai
Nearest railway station	Samayanallur	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vadipatti	11 km
District headquarters	Madurai	18 km

Villages closest to Kilakarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kilakarai village had a population of 469. That makes it the 58th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,576 residents.

Kilakarai village has 231 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kilakarai has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Kilakarai is 625501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kilakarai covers 139.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kilakarai falls under Vadipatti tehsil of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kilakarai is Samayanallur, about 9.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kilakarai.

Kilakarai is about 18 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kilakarai is in Vadipatti tehsil of Madurai district. Samayanallur is about 9.6 km away. Vadipatti is about 11 km away. Madurai is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.