About Karuvazhakarai Village

Karuvazhakarai is a mid sized village in Tharangambadi tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,655, made up of 822 males and 833 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karuvazhakarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karuvazhakarai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Tharangambadi
Pincode	609304
Area (hectares)	293.52 hectares
Population	1,655
Male Population	822
Female Population	833
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karuvazhakarai compares

By the 2011 count Karuvazhakarai is the 47th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents. Its 293.52 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Karuvazhakarai

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

Karuvazhakarai lies about 41 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Anandtandavpur, about 7.6 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 Karuvazhakarai
Nearest town	Mayiladuthurai	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Anandtandavpur	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tharangambadi	18 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	41 km

Villages closest to Karuvazhakarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karuvazhakarai village had a population of 1,655. That makes it the 47th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents.

Karuvazhakarai village has 822 males and 833 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karuvazhakarai has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Karuvazhakarai is 609304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karuvazhakarai covers 293.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karuvazhakarai falls under Tharangambadi tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karuvazhakarai is Anandtandavpur, about 7.6 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 village for Karuvazhakarai.

Karuvazhakarai is about 41 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karuvazhakarai is in Tharangambadi tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Mayiladuthurai is about 7.4 km away. Anandtandavpur is about 7.6 km away. Tharangambadi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.