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About Karungali Village

Karungali is a small village in Ponneri tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 203, made up of 97 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,093 females per 1000 males. The village covers 476.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karungali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karungali village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvallur
Tehsil Ponneri
Pincode 601208
Area (hectares) 476.78 hectares
Population 203
Male Population 97
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,093
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 6 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 25 km distance

How Karungali compares

By the 2011 count Karungali is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents. Its 476.78 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Karungali

Karungali is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karungali as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 6 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 25 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karungali from other places

Karungali lies about 52 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Minjur, about 12 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 Karungali
Nearest railway station Minjur 12 km
Nearest town Mīnjūr 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Ponneri 15 km
District headquarters Thiruvallur 52 km

Villages closest to Karungali

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

Common questions about Karungali

As per the Census of India 2011, Karungali village had a population of 203. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Karungali village has 97 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karungali has about 1093 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Karungali is 601208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karungali covers 476.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karungali falls under Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karungali is Minjur, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 25 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 6 km distance for Karungali.

Karungali is about 52 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karungali is in Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Minjur is about 12 km away. Mīnjūr is about 12 km away. Ponneri is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thangalperumbalam (under 2 km), Kalanji (3.2 km) and Andarmadam (5.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karungali today is likely to be higher.

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