About Karungulam Village

Karungulam is one of the larger villages in Srivaikuntam tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,449, made up of 3,128 males and 3,321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1366.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628615, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karungulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karungulam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukkudi
Tehsil	Srivaikuntam
Pincode	628615
Area (hectares)	1366.93 hectares
Population	6,449
Male Population	3,128
Female Population	3,321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Karungulam compares

By the 2011 count Karungulam is the 4th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,425 residents. Its 1366.93 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Karungulam

Karungulam 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 Karungulam 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karungulam from other places

Karungulam lies about 34 km from Thoothukkudi, and the nearest railway station is Thathankulam, about 1.7 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 Karungulam
Nearest railway station	Thathankulam	1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Srivaikuntam	6.8 km
Nearest town	Tirunelveli	21 km
District headquarters	Thoothukkudi	34 km

Villages closest to Karungulam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karungulam village had a population of 6,449. That makes it the 4th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,425 residents.

Karungulam village has 3,128 males and 3,321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karungulam has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Karungulam is 628615. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karungulam covers 1366.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karungulam falls under Srivaikuntam tehsil of Thoothukkudi district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karungulam is Thathankulam, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Karungulam.

Karungulam is about 34 km from Thoothukkudi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karungulam is in Srivaikuntam tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. Thathankulam is about 1.7 km away. Srivaikuntam is about 6.8 km away. Tirunelveli is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.