About Karumal Village

Karumal is a mid sized village in Mudukulathur tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,382, made up of 692 males and 690 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1208.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623711, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karumal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karumal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Tehsil	Mudukulathur
Pincode	623711
Area (hectares)	1208.77 hectares
Population	1,382
Male Population	692
Female Population	690
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karumal compares

By the 2011 count Karumal is the 34th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents. Its 1208.77 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. 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 Karumal

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

Karumal lies about 26 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Sattirakkudi, about 14 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 Karumal
Tehsil headquarters	Mudukulathur	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Sattirakkudi	14 km
Nearest town	Kilakarai	23 km
District headquarters	Ramanathapuram	26 km

Villages closest to Karumal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karumal village had a population of 1,382. That makes it the 34th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents.

Karumal village has 692 males and 690 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karumal has about 997 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 Karumal is 623711. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karumal covers 1208.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karumal falls under Mudukulathur tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karumal is Sattirakkudi, about 14 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 Karumal.

Karumal is about 26 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karumal is in Mudukulathur tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Mudukulathur is about 9.2 km away. Sattirakkudi is about 14 km away. Kilakarai is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.