About Peruvai Village

Peruvai is a large village in Bantval tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,062, made up of 1,505 males and 1,557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 976.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574260, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Peruvai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Peruvai village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Bantval
Pincode	574260
Area (hectares)	976.51 hectares
Population	3,062
Male Population	1,505
Female Population	1,557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Peruvai compares

By the 2011 count Peruvai is the 43rd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents. Its 976.51 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Peruvai

Peruvai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Peruvai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Peruvai from other places

Peruvai lies about 24 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Neralakatte, about 14 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Peruvai
Nearest railway station	Neralakatte	14 km
Nearest town	Puttūr	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bantval	20 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	24 km

Villages closest to Peruvai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bantval tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Peruvai

As per the Census of India 2011, Peruvai village had a population of 3,062. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents.

Peruvai village has 1,505 males and 1,557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Peruvai has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Peruvai is 574260. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Peruvai covers 976.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Peruvai falls under Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Peruvai is Neralakatte, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Peruvai.

Peruvai is about 24 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Peruvai is in Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Neralakatte is about 14 km away. Puttūr is about 16 km away. Bantval is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.