About Karikkal Village

Karikkal is a large village in Arakonam tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,704, made up of 1,918 males and 1,786 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 698.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karikkal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karikkal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arakonam
Pincode	631102
Area (hectares)	698.01 hectares
Population	3,704
Male Population	1,918
Female Population	1,786
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10 km distance

How Karikkal compares

By the 2011 count Karikkal is the 27th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents. Its 698.01 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Karikkal

Karikkal 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 Karikkal 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 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karikkal from other places

Karikkal lies about 32 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Walaja Road Junction, about 19 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 Karikkal
Nearest town	Walajapet	14 km
Nearest railway station	Walaja Road Junction	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arakonam	32 km
District headquarters	Vellore	32 km

Villages closest to Karikkal

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 Karikkal

As per the Census of India 2011, Karikkal village had a population of 3,704. That makes it the 27th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents.

Karikkal village has 1,918 males and 1,786 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karikkal has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Karikkal is 631102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karikkal covers 698.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Karikkal is Walaja Road Junction, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10 km distance.

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

Karikkal is about 32 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karikkal is in Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district. Walajapet is about 14 km away. Walaja Road Junction is about 19 km away. Arakonam is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.