# Karuppur Village, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Kumbakonam, Thanjavur 

# Karuppur

Karuppur is a village in Kumbakonam sub-district of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **612402**. The 2011 Census counted **1,531 people in 402 households**, the 54th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 1,531people (2011)
- 402households
- 85.9%literacy
- 612402PIN code

## Karuppur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karuppur is 612402.** Karuppur falls in Kumbakonam sub-district, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code612402
- Gram panchayatSakkottai
- Community development blockKumbakonam
- Census village code638543

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Karuppur from nearby towns?

- Kumbakonam (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Thanjavur (district HQ)42 km by road
- Kumbakonam (nearest town)2 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Karuppur?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Karuppur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kumbakonam
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kumbakonam
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Kumbakonam
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 16 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Karuppur known for?

The main crops are **paddy, cotton and sugarcane**. About 30% of the 261 hectares of village land is sown, and 69 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Karuppur

Of every 100 households in Karuppur in 2011, 99 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 32 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 40 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karuppur · ■ Kumbakonam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**58%

Tap water ****67%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****32%**

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**67%

Use banking services ****35%**

**50%

Television ****97%**

**91%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****40%**

**26%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****1%**

**4%

Own their home ****90%**

**87%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Karuppur?

■ Karuppur · ■ Kumbakonam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.9%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1039**

**1010

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1123**

**952

Working population ****38.7%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 79.8% for women. 59% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (42%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 284 (48%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kumbakonam

- Malayappanallur1,712 people
- Kovilacheri1,700 people
- Melakaveri1,609 people
- Kumarankudi1,554 people
- Perappadi1,500 people
- Nagagudi1,499 people
- Thandalam1,496 people
- Ammangudi1,488 people

[All 103 villages in Kumbakonam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thanjavur/kumbakonam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karuppur?612402
- How far is Karuppur from Thanjavur?42 km by road
- What is the population of Karuppur?1,531 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karuppur in?Thanjavur district (Kumbakonam sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Karuppur?85.9% (Census 2011)