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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANGEETHA DOSS
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- LGD code
- 630676
- Pincode
- 632531
- Post office
- Ocheri
- Population
- 3,249
- Households
- 787
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Sex ratio
- 968 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,675
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 74 km
- Distance to Chennai
- 101 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 194 km
- Nearest railway station
- Walaja Road Junction · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Kalavai · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karivedu compares
By population, Karivedu ranks #10 of 60 villages in Nemili mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.1%
−0.2% vs mandal average
- Karivedu
- 64.1%
- Nemili mandal
- 64.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
968
−41 vs mandal average
- Karivedu
- 968
- Nemili mandal
- 1,009
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Karivedu
- 4.1
- Nemili mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karivedu at a glance
Karivedu is a village of 3,249 people in 787 households (Census 2011) in Nemili taluk, Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu, the 10th-largest of 60 villages in Nemili taluk. Literacy is 64%, about the same as the taluk average of 64% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Ranipet district centre, 34 km from Padavedu, the nearest town, 16 km from Walaja Road Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 632531, served by Ocheri post office; the LGD village code is 630676. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Kalavai, 7 km away. The sarpanch is SANGEETHA DOSS , and the village votes in Mailam assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shanmugam C Ve. The population is estimated at 3,831 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karivedu
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KAVERIPAKKAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 67
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 44
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Karivedu
- Total area (ha)
- 699.5
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 186.23
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karivedu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karivedu
- LGD code
- 630676
- Pincode
- 632531
- Post office
- Ocheri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,249
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,831
- Households
- 787
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 968
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Coordinates
- 12.82657°N, 79.37901°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arani
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mailam
- Member of Parliament
- M.S. Tharanivendhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shanmugam C Ve
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANGEETHA DOSS
- Block / Mandal
- Nemili
Getting there
How to reach Karivedu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Chennai101 kmcapital
- Bengaluru194 km
- Hyderabad516 km
- Mumbai983 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationWalaja Road Junction16 km
- Bus stopKaveripakkam12 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Kalavai7 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India12 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil10 km
- CollegeScudder College Of Allied Health Sciences13 km
- Police stationRanipet Police Station12 km
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- Chitheri
- Nedumpuli
- Kilvenkatapuram
- Uliyanallur
- Kalathur
- Cheri
- Pudupattu
- Peruvalayam
- Siruvalayam
- Meleri
- Kizveedhi
- Sirukarumbur
- Mahendravadi
- Melkalathur
- Athipattu
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- Thandalam (Jagir)
- Alapakkam
- Avalur
- Agavalam
- Perumbulipakkam
- Velianallur
- Nelvoy
- Velithangipuram
- Kilandurai
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- Ayarpadi
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)