About Karur Village

Karur is a small village in Thiruvaiyaru tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 81 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 613205, 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	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Thiruvaiyaru
Pincode	613205
Area (hectares)	46.5 hectares
Population	162
Male Population	81
Female Population	81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karur compares

By the 2011 count Karur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 46.5 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 1016.

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 5 - 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 7.2 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Thanjavur Junction, about 7.9 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
Tehsil headquarters	Thiruvaiyaru	4.9 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Thanjavur Junction	7.9 km

Villages closest to Karur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thiruvaiyaru 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 162. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Karur village has 81 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Karur is 613205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karur covers 46.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karur falls under Thiruvaiyaru tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karur is Thanjavur Junction, about 7.9 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 Karur.

Karur is about 7.2 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karur is in Thiruvaiyaru tehsil of Thanjavur district. Thiruvaiyaru is about 4.9 km away. Thanjavur is about 7.2 km away. Thanjavur Junction is about 7.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.