Karuppur, Salem

Karuppur
city
Karuppur Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11°43′31″N 78°05′57″E / 11.72528°N 78.09917°E / 11.72528; 78.09917Coordinates: 11°43′31″N 78°05′57″E / 11.72528°N 78.09917°E / 11.72528; 78.09917
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Population (2001)
• Total	13,003
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Karuppur is a panchayat town in Salem District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the National Highway 7 between Salem and Bangalore. The Periyar University, with which many Salem colleges are affiliated, is located here.Government College Of Engineering, referred as GCE-Salem is also located here. It is a railway station on the Chennai-Shoranur railway line.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Karuppur had a population of 13,003. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Karuppur has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 50%. In Karuppur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Salem District

Taluk	Attur Idappadi Gangavalli Mettur Omalur Salem Sankagiri Valapady Yercaud

Blocks	Attur Ayothiapattinam Gangavalli Idappadi Kadaiyampatty Kolathur Konganapuram Macdonalds Choultry Mecheri Nangavalli Omalur Panaimarathupatti Pethanaickenpalayam Salem Sankagiri Talavasal Tharamangalam Valapady Veerapandi Yercaud

Corporation	Salem Corporation

Municipality	Attur Edappadi Mettur Narasingapuram

Census Towns	Avadattur Dalavaipatti Kondalampatti Mallamooppampatti Maramangalathupatti Neikkarapatti Papparapatti

Town Panchayat	Attayampatti Ayothiapattinam Jalakandapuram Kannankurichi Kolathur Konganapuram Mecheri Omalur P.N.Patti Pethanaickenpalayam Sankari Thammampatti Tharamangalam Vazhapadi Veerakkalpudur Belur Edaganasalai Elampillai Ethapur Gangavalli Kadayampatti Karuppur Keeripatti Mallur Panaimarathupatti Sentharapatti Thedavur Thevur Veeraganur Arasiramani Nangavalli Poolampatti Vanavasi

Rivers	Cauveri Sarabanga Vashista Suvetha Thirumanimutharu

References

↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

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