About Katharikuppam Village

Katharikuppam is a mid sized village in Wallajah tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,307, made up of 679 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 486.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632405, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katharikuppam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katharikuppam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Wallajah
Pincode	632405
Area (hectares)	486.36 hectares
Population	1,307
Male Population	679
Female Population	628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 6.4 km distance

How Katharikuppam compares

By the 2011 count Katharikuppam is the 56th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents. Its 486.36 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1002.

Getting to Katharikuppam

Katharikuppam 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 Katharikuppam 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 6.4 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katharikuppam from other places

Katharikuppam lies about 23 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Mukundarayapuram, about 6.2 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 Katharikuppam
Nearest railway station	Mukundarayapuram	6.2 km
Nearest town	Puliyankannu	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Wallajah	23 km
District headquarters	Vellore	23 km

Villages closest to Katharikuppam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katharikuppam village had a population of 1,307. That makes it the 56th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents.

Katharikuppam village has 679 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katharikuppam has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Katharikuppam is 632405. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katharikuppam covers 486.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katharikuppam falls under Wallajah tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Katharikuppam is Mukundarayapuram, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 6.4 km distance.

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

Katharikuppam is about 23 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katharikuppam is in Wallajah tehsil of Vellore district. Mukundarayapuram is about 6.2 km away. Puliyankannu is about 9.9 km away. Wallajah is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.