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Karungal is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Place details

Locality
Karungal
Region
Tamil Nadu
Country
India
Population
6,818

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Karungal
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Tamil Nadu
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kanniyakumari
Settlement.government_type
Democracy
Settlement.governing_body
Panchayath
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_total
15832
Settlement.population_as_of
2001
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1
Official
Settlement.demographics1_info1
Tamil

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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Demographics
  • Geography
  • References
  • External links

Karungal is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

== Demographics == At the 2001 India census, Karungal had a population of 15,832. Males constituted 49% of the population and females 51%. It had an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 76%. 10% of the population were under six years of age.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karungal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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