Kariapatti

Kariapatti
city
Kariapatti Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 9°42′N 78°06′E / 9.700°N 78.100°E / 9.700; 78.100Coordinates: 9°42′N 78°06′E / 9.700°N 78.100°E / 9.700; 78.100
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Population (2001)
• Total	13,974
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	626106
Telephone code	04566

Kariapatti is a panchayat town near Aruppukottai in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

It has one engineering college nearby, and a big industry TVS is functioning here.

Demographics

At the 2001 India census,^[1] Kariapatti had a population of 13,879. Males constituted 50% of the population and females 50%. Kariapatti had an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 76%, and female literacy 63%. In Kariapatti, 13% of the population was under 6 years of age.

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