About Perukkaranai Village

Perukkaranai is a large village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,366, made up of 1,172 males and 1,194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 869.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603309, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Perukkaranai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Perukkaranai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603309
Area (hectares)	869.65 hectares
Population	2,366
Male Population	1,172
Female Population	1,194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10 km distance

How Perukkaranai compares

By the 2011 count Perukkaranai is the 21st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 869.65 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Perukkaranai

Perukkaranai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Perukkaranai 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 Perukkaranai from other places

Perukkaranai lies about 53 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Acharapakkam, about 5.7 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 Perukkaranai
Nearest railway station	Acharapakkam	5.7 km
Nearest town	Madurāntakam	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	15 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	53 km

Villages closest to Perukkaranai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Cheyyur 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 Perukkaranai

As per the Census of India 2011, Perukkaranai village had a population of 2,366. That makes it the 21st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Perukkaranai village has 1,172 males and 1,194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perukkaranai has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Perukkaranai is 603309. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Perukkaranai covers 869.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Perukkaranai falls under Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Perukkaranai is Acharapakkam, about 5.7 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 Perukkaranai.

Perukkaranai is about 53 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Perukkaranai is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Acharapakkam is about 5.7 km away. Madurāntakam is about 14 km away. Cheyyur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.