About Karigiri Village

Karigiri is one of the larger villages in Katpadi tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,185, made up of 2,532 males and 2,653 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 932.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Karigiri compares

By the 2011 count Karigiri is the 8th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,820 residents. Its 932.97 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Karigiri

Karigiri 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 Karigiri 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 8 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kalambattu, Kandipedu, Kangeyanallur and Kanguppam. 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.