About Karaiyur Village

Karaiyur is a large village in Tirupathur tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,985, made up of 1,979 males and 2,006 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1450.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630211, 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	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Tirupathur
Pincode	630211
Area (hectares)	1450.92 hectares
Population	3,985
Male Population	1,979
Female Population	2,006
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
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 the 14th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,291 residents. Its 1450.92 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

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 34 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Kallal, about 22 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	Kallal	22 km
Nearest town	Sankarapatti	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirupathur	34 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	34 km

Villages closest to Karaiyur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tirupathur 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 3,985. That makes it the 14th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,291 residents.

Karaiyur village has 1,979 males and 2,006 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaiyur has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Karaiyur is 630211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karaiyur covers 1450.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karaiyur falls under Tirupathur tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karaiyur is Kallal, about 22 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 34 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaiyur is in Tirupathur tehsil of Sivaganga district. Kallal is about 22 km away. Sankarapatti is about 22 km away. Tirupathur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.