Karuvakkurichi
Karuvakuruchi | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Nickname: karuvai | |
  Karuvakuruchi Location in Tamil Nadu, India  Karuvakuruchi Karuvakuruchi (India) | |
| Coordinates: 10°35′37.4″N 79°22′32.3″E / 10.593722°N 79.375639°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tiruvarur |
| Block | Needamangalam taluk |
| Taluk | Mannargudi |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 5,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 614018 |
| Telephone code | 04367 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-50 |
| Coastline | 78 kilometres (48 mi) |
| Nearest city | Thanjavur |
| Literacy | 90% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Thanjavur |
| Rajya sabha constituency | Mannargudi |
| Climate | 15 - 38 (Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 38 °C (100 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 20 °C (68 °F) |
Karuvakkurichi is a village in Mannargudi Taluk of Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is surrounded by agricultural lands, Rivers and Ponds. Karuvakkurichi consist of streets like First street, North street, West street, South street, Middle street, East street, Muzhiyan street, MGR Nagar, Perumal kovil street and Pillaiyar kovil street etc. The streets are elegantly arranged in such a manner that all the streets end at the main road of the village. There are many temples around village and particularly the Varatharaja Perumal temple is approximately 800 year old. The nearby town is Mannargudi in northeast and Orathanadu in the northwest.
There are 1 government higher secondary school and 1 Elementary school (Tamil) and 1 English medium school, Thirumurugan Nursery And Primary school.
Additionally, 1 government middle school is located in Karuvakkurichi Colony
There's 1 ATM centre is located in middle of the village, beside the Savadi.
More than 5000 people live in this village, with 95%[citation needed] of them belonging to Kallar (Mukkulathor) community such as Kandiyar, Onthiriyar, Thondaiman, Malusuthiyar etc... Paraiyar Konar and some other communities are also living there.