About Karaimedu Village

Karaimedu is a large village in Sirkali tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,248, made up of 2,039 males and 2,209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 712.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karaimedu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaimedu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Sirkali
Pincode	609109
Area (hectares)	712.1 hectares
Population	4,248
Male Population	2,039
Female Population	2,209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karaimedu compares

By the 2011 count Karaimedu is the 16th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents. Its 712.1 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Karaimedu

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

How far is Karaimedu from other places

Karaimedu lies about 50 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Railway station, about 5.5 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 Karaimedu
Tehsil headquarters	Sirkali	4.5 km
Nearest town	Sīrkāzhi	4.5 km
Nearest railway station	Railway station	5.5 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	50 km

Villages closest to Karaimedu

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.

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Common questions about Karaimedu

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaimedu village had a population of 4,248. That makes it the 16th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents.

Karaimedu village has 2,039 males and 2,209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaimedu has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Karaimedu is 609109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karaimedu covers 712.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Karaimedu is Railway station, about 5.5 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 village for Karaimedu.

Karaimedu 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.

Karaimedu is in Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Sirkali is about 4.5 km away. Sīrkāzhi is about 4.5 km away. Railway station is about 5.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.