About Karivedu Village

Karivedu is a large village in Arakonam tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,249, made up of 1,651 males and 1,598 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 699.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632531, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karivedu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karivedu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arakonam
Pincode	632531
Area (hectares)	699.5 hectares
Population	3,249
Male Population	1,651
Female Population	1,598
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within 7 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 32 km distance

How Karivedu compares

By the 2011 count Karivedu is the 36th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents. Its 699.5 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Karivedu

Karivedu 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 Karivedu as Available within 7 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 32 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karivedu from other places

Karivedu lies about 29 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Walaja Road Junction, about 16 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 Karivedu
Nearest town	Arcot	11 km
Nearest railway station	Walaja Road Junction	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arakonam	29 km
District headquarters	Vellore	29 km

Villages closest to Karivedu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karivedu village had a population of 3,249. That makes it the 36th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents.

Karivedu village has 1,651 males and 1,598 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karivedu has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Karivedu is 632531. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karivedu covers 699.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karivedu falls under Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karivedu is Walaja Road Junction, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 32 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 7 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karivedu.

Karivedu is about 29 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karivedu is in Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district. Arcot is about 11 km away. Walaja Road Junction is about 16 km away. Arakonam is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.