Karivedu
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Karivedu
karivelangadu | |
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Village | |
  Karivedu Location in Tamil Nadu, India  Karivedu Karivedu (India) | |
| Coordinates: 12°48′39″N 79°23′18″E / 12.8107°N 79.3882°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Ranipet District parliament_const = Arakonam |
| Elevation | 115 m (377 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 632531 |
| Telephone code | 91-4172 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-23,TN-73 |
| Nearest city | Arcot |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sholingar |
| Climate | hot (Köppen) |
| Website | www |
Karivedu is famed village is located in Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu. The initial present in the name of the village literally signifies the town Kalavai which is present nearby to the village. To discriminate karivedu from Vellore district the name is used by Karivelangadu. Karivedu is situated in between Arcot and Kalavai road. It is 15 km from Arcot and 8 km from Kalavai. It belongs to Arcot municipality and taluk.[citation needed] The postal pincode is 632506.[citation needed]
The seasonal river Palar flows on the north side of the village.
The general slope is towards south east and the small streams that rise in Vellore Farming Lands situated in the west eventually fall into Lake. The topography of Karivedu village in plain and is situated at an altitude of 170.12 metres above mean sea level. The wind direction is predominant towards south west in the whole of the year. However, during summer it is from south west to north east.
Climate
The taluk has fairly healthy climate. The study area has distinctly high temperature in hot months and cold weather is for a short duration.
The climatic seasons are generally classified as follows:
- Cold season from November to January with a mean maximum and minimum temperature of 29 C and 18.4 C respectively.
- Warm season from February to March and from July to October with a mean maximum and minimum temperature of 45 C and 30 C respectively.
- Hot season from April to June with a mean maximum and minimum temperature of 35 C and 27 C respectively.
The main maximum temperature during summer normal occurs in the month of May while the minimum temperature in winter occurs in January.
The north –east monsoon gives most of the rains. The average rainfall for a year is found to be 600 mm. The maximum rainfall occurs during the month of September and October due to north-east monsoon.
Demographics
Politics
R. Srinivasan is the sitting MLA and G. Hari is sitting Member of Parliament, both from Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK).
Karivedu is part of Arcot Assembly Constituency. Arcot assembly constituency is part of Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency). R. Srinivasan is the sitting Chairperson of the Municipality from ADMK.[1]
