Neravy, or Neravi, is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Karaikal District
Karaikal district (French: ''District de Karikal'') is one of the four districts of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India.
Geography
Karaikal district occupies an area of .
Karaikal is a small coastal enclave of territory which was f ...
of
Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to:
* Puducherry (union territory), a union territory of India
** Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry
** Puducherry district, a district of the union territory of Puducherry
** Puducherry t ...
,
India
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.
The village lies 145 km south of
Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to:
* Puducherry (union territory), a union territory of India
** Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry
** Puducherry district, a district of the union territory of Puducherry
** Puducherry t ...
in the Puducherry district, and is located between Karaikal and Nagapattinam. It is made up of two detached areas separated by Nannilam Taluk of the Thanjavur District, next to the Tirunallar commune, with the easterly flow of the Arasalar River forming the commune boundary.
Three small isolated enclaves of Thanjavur District are embedded within the detached enclave of the Neravy commune.
Demographics
The total population of the Neravy commune according to the 2001
census
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is 10890. Of this, zero citizens are scheduled tribes (STs) and 2637 are scheduled caste (SC). The gender ratio of the population in Neravy is 1020 females per 1000 males. The literacy rate in the city is 81.19 per cent, 89.42 for males and 73.21 for females.
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References
Cities and towns in Karaikal district
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