About Karaiyur Village

Karaiyur is one of the larger villages in Ponnamaravathi tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,679, made up of 3,309 males and 3,370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1744.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Ponnamaravathi
Pincode	622002
Area (hectares)	1744.91 hectares
Population	6,679
Male Population	3,309
Female Population	3,370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Karaiyur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,955 residents. Its 1744.91 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Karaiyur

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

Karaiyur 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 Karaiyur
Nearest railway station	Namanasamudram	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ponnamaravathi	24 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	24 km

Villages closest to Karaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaiyur village had a population of 6,679. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,955 residents.

Karaiyur village has 3,309 males and 3,370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaiyur has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Karaiyur is 622002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karaiyur covers 1744.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karaiyur falls under Ponnamaravathi tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karaiyur 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 Karaiyur.

Karaiyur 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.

Karaiyur is in Ponnamaravathi tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Namanasamudram is about 20 km away. Ponnamaravathi 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.