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About Karappidagai Village

Karappidagai is a mid sized village in Kilvelur tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,703, made up of 839 males and 864 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 884 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 611110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karappidagai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karappidagai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Nagapattinam
Tehsil Kilvelur
Pincode 611110
Area (hectares) 884 hectares
Population 1,703
Male Population 839
Female Population 864
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karappidagai compares

By the 2011 count Karappidagai is the 23rd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,193 residents. Its 884 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Karappidagai

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

Karappidagai lies about 19 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Velankanni, about 11 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 Karappidagai
Nearest railway station Velankanni 11 km
District headquarters Nagapattinam 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Kilvelur 20 km

Villages closest to Karappidagai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karappidagai village had a population of 1,703. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,193 residents.

Karappidagai village has 839 males and 864 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karappidagai has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Karappidagai is 611110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karappidagai covers 884 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karappidagai falls under Kilvelur tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karappidagai is Velankanni, about 11 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 Karappidagai.

Karappidagai is about 19 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karappidagai is in Kilvelur tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Velankanni is about 11 km away. Nagapattinam is about 19 km away. Kilvelur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kilapidagai (2.7 km), Thiruppoondi (3.2 km) and Keelaiyur (3.7 km).

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

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