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About Karkoil Village

Karkoil is a mid sized village in Sirkali tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,663, made up of 836 males and 827 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 379.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkoil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkoil village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Nagapattinam
Tehsil Sirkali
Pincode 609117
Area (hectares) 379.75 hectares
Population 1,663
Male Population 836
Female Population 827
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 989
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karkoil compares

By the 2011 count Karkoil is the 65th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents. Its 379.75 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 1022.

Getting to Karkoil

Karkoil is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karkoil 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karkoil from other places

Karkoil lies about 50 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Vithisvarankol, 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 Karkoil
Nearest railway station Vithisvarankol under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Sirkali 7.1 km
Nearest town Sīrkāzhi 7.1 km
District headquarters Nagapattinam 50 km

Villages closest to Karkoil

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkoil village had a population of 1,663. That makes it the 65th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents.

Karkoil village has 836 males and 827 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkoil has about 989 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 1022.

The pincode recorded for Karkoil is 609117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkoil covers 379.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkoil falls under Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karkoil is Vithisvarankol, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Karkoil.

Karkoil is about 50 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkoil is in Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Vithisvarankol is about under 2 km away. Sirkali is about 7.1 km away. Sīrkāzhi is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanniyakudi (1.6 km), Thiruppangur (1.8 km) and Punganur (2.4 km).

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

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