Karkudi, Shencottah

Karkudi is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Shenkottai Taluk in Tenkasi district of Tamilnadu, which falls under Shencottah block. It belongs to Tenkasi parliament constituency and Kadayanallur assembly constituency. S.Muthupandian is the President of Karkudi Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address she26_drda@yahoo.co.in and mobile number 90923xxx51. The Secretary is Esakki, who can be reached at email address karkudiphtshe@gmail.com and mobile number 93840xxx57. The Panchayat address is Panchayat Office, Main Road, Kattalaikudiyiruppu, Pincode - 627813. You can reach there by taking a bus till Shencottai bus stop which is around 4 km away.

As on May 2024, the current population of Karkudi is 4.4 thousands out of which 2.2 thousands are males and rest 2.2 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1032 females per 1000 males. There are around 400 teenagers in Karkudi. It has literacy rate of 73% which means around 3.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 2.2 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 74 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.3 thousands households in Karkudi, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 2.2 thousands. The pincode of Karkudi is 627813 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Puliyara Sub Post office
• Kattalaikudiyiruppu Branch Post office
• Poolankudiyiruppu Branch Post office
• Karkudi Branch Post office

Schools

Karkudi has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Government Higher Secondary School, Puliyarai
• Pulari Matriculation School, Pudur
• Government High School Kattalaikudiyaruppu
• M.K.B.Nursery And Primary School, Poolankudiyiruppu
• Government Middle School Poolankudiyiruppu

Hospitals

Karkudi has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Poolankudiyiruppu Sub-Center
• Puliyarai Primary Health Center
• Kattalaikudiyiruppu Sub-Center
• Therkumedu Sub-Center
• Puliyarai Sub-Center

Panchayat Members

Ward Member

Karkudi Gram Panchayat has total 9 elected Ward Member.

1. I.Kuthalingam - Mobile: 91593xxx75 - Email: she26_drda@gmail.com
2. A.Velvili - Mobile: 96597xxx60 - Email: she26_drda@gmail.com
3. P.Bakiya Lakshmi - Mobile: 84894xxx61 - Email: she26_drda@gmail.com
4. K.Bathmavathy - Mobile: 74484xxx36 - Email: she26_drda@gmail.com
5. M.Velammal - Mobile: 99524xxx80 - Email: she26_drda@gmail.com
6. S.Thirumalai Kumar - Mobile: 90802xxx93 - Email: she26_drda@gmail.com
7. L.Vasantha Kani - Mobile: 89404xxx42 - Email: she26_drda@gmail.com
8. K.Ambika - Mobile: 96778xxx01 - Email: she26_drda@gmail.com
9. Vadakasi - Mobile: 76396xxx02 - Email: she26_drda@gmail.com

Covered villages

Karkudi Gram Panchayat manages total 1 villages.

• Karkudi