Karikathur, Chetput

Karikathur is a village located in the Polur Taluk of Tiruvannamalai district of Tamilnadu. The village falls in Chetput block and comes under Karikkathur Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Arani parliament constituency and Polur assembly constituency.

As on November 2024, the current population of Karikathur is 1.1 thousands out of which 568 are males and rest 561 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 988 females per 1000 males. There are around 131 teenagers in Karikathur. It has literacy rate of 49% which means around 548 persons can read and write. Total 9 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 305 households in Karikathur, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 609. The pincode of Karikathur is 606803 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Polur Town Sub Post office
• Polur SO Tiruvannamalai
• Athimoor Tindivanam Branch Post office
• Kangeyanur Branch Post office
• Karapundi Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Ghss (Girls) Polur
• Don Bosco Higher Secondary School Polur
• Auxilium Matric
• Ghss (Boys) Polur
• Sri Ramajayam Matric Polur

Hospitals

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

• Athimoor Sub-Center
• Perumbakkam Sub-Center
• Polur (Main) Sub-Center
• Polur (E) Sub-Center
• Polur

Banks

Karikathur has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• City Union Bank Venmani
• ICICI Bank Polur
• Indian Bank Mambattu
• Indian Bank Polur
• Indian Overseas Bank Polur