Karkonnam, Thurinjapuram

Karkonnam is a village located in the Tiruvannamalai Taluk of Tiruvannamalai district of Tamilnadu. The village falls in Thurinjapuram block and comes under Karkonam Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Tiruvannamalai parliament constituency and Kilpennathur assembly constituency.

As on November 2024, the current population of Karkonnam is 1.8 thousands out of which 891 are males and rest 943 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1058 females per 1000 males. There are around 181 teenagers in Karkonnam. It has literacy rate of 60% which means around 1.1 thousands persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 10 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 500 households in Karkonnam, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 999. The pincode of Karkonnam is 606751 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Kalasapakkam Sub Post office
• Kappalur Branch Post office
• Kuruvimalai Branch Post office
• Kalur Branch Post office
• Karkonam Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Chezhian Matric Higher Secondary School
• Ghss (Boys) Kalasapakkam
• Ghss (Girls) Kalasapakkam
• Ghss Ladavaram
• Vallalar N&p Kalasapakkam

Hospitals

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

• Kalasapakkam
• Ladavaram Sub-Center
• Sananandal Sub-Center
• Vadapuzhithiyoor Sub-Center
• Kovoor Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Bank of Baroda Kamalaputhur, TN
• ICICI Bank Poondi Kalasapakkam