Karivedu

Karivedu is famed village is located in Vellore 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. The postal pincode is 632506.The seasonal river Palar flows on the north side of the village.TopographyThe 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.ClimateThe 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.