Kariapatti is a panchayat town near Aruppukottai in Virudhunagar district

Virudhunagar District

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 in the India

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 of Tamil Nadu

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

Demographics

At the 2001 India census

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, 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.