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About Karapoondy Village

Karapoondy is a large village in Polur tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,438, made up of 1,226 males and 1,212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 634.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606803, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karapoondy Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karapoondy village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil Polur
Pincode 606803
Area (hectares) 634.73 hectares
Population 2,438
Male Population 1,226
Female Population 1,212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 989
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 4 km distance

How Karapoondy compares

By the 2011 count Karapoondy is the 58th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents. Its 634.73 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Karapoondy

Karapoondy 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 Karapoondy 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 4 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kanamalai, Kangiranandal, Kangiyanoor and Kanthapalayam. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Karapoondy

As per the Census of India 2011, Karapoondy village had a population of 2,438. That makes it the 58th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents.

Karapoondy village has 1,226 males and 1,212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karapoondy has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Karapoondy is 606803. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karapoondy covers 634.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karapoondy falls under Polur tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Karapoondy notes the nearest railway station as Available within 4 km distance.

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

Karapoondy is in Polur tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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