About Karkur Village

Karkur is a mid sized village in Gudiyatham tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,427, made up of 729 males and 698 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635805, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Gudiyatham
Pincode	635805
Area (hectares)	239.16 hectares
Population	1,427
Male Population	729
Female Population	698
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 3 km distance

How Karkur compares

By the 2011 count Karkur is the 66th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,032 residents. Its 239.16 hectares work out to about 6.0 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 well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Karkur

Karkur 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 Karkur 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 3 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karkur from other places

Karkur lies about 39 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Melpatti, about 3.6 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 Karkur
Nearest railway station	Melpatti	3.6 km
Nearest town	Peranāmpattu	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gudiyatham	13 km
District headquarters	Vellore	39 km

Villages closest to Karkur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkur village had a population of 1,427. That makes it the 66th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,032 residents.

Karkur village has 729 males and 698 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkur has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Karkur is 635805. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkur covers 239.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkur falls under Gudiyatham tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karkur is Melpatti, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 3 km distance.

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

Karkur is about 39 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkur is in Gudiyatham tehsil of Vellore district. Melpatti is about 3.6 km away. Peranāmpattu is about 8.2 km away. Gudiyatham is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.