About Karur Village

Karur is a large village in Avudayarkoil tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,567, made up of 1,280 males and 1,287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1313.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Avudayarkoil
Pincode	622204
Area (hectares)	1313.83 hectares
Population	2,567
Male Population	1,280
Female Population	1,287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karur compares

By the 2011 count Karur is the 7th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 1313.83 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Karur

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

How far is Karur from other places

Karur lies about 24 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Namanasamudram, about 20 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 Karur
Nearest railway station	Namanasamudram	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Avudayarkoil	24 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	24 km

Villages closest to Karur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karur village had a population of 2,567. That makes it the 7th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Karur village has 1,280 males and 1,287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karur has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Karur is 622204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karur covers 1313.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karur falls under Avudayarkoil tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karur is Namanasamudram, about 20 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 village for Karur.

Karur is about 24 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karur is in Avudayarkoil tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Namanasamudram is about 20 km away. Avudayarkoil is about 24 km away. Pudukkottai is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.