About Perakkur Village

Perakkur is a small village in Madurai North tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 144, made up of 80 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Perakkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Perakkur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Tehsil	Madurai North
Pincode	625107
Area (hectares)	128.47 hectares
Population	144
Male Population	80
Female Population	64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Perakkur compares

By the 2011 count Perakkur is the 113th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 128.47 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Perakkur

Perakkur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Perakkur 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 Perakkur from other places

Perakkur lies about 13 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Silaiman, about 11 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 Perakkur
Nearest town	Vandiyūr	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Silaiman	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madurai North	13 km
District headquarters	Madurai	13 km

Villages closest to Perakkur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Madurai North 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 Perakkur

As per the Census of India 2011, Perakkur village had a population of 144. That makes it the 113th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Perakkur village has 80 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perakkur has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Perakkur is 625107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Perakkur covers 128.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Perakkur falls under Madurai North tehsil of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Perakkur is Silaiman, about 11 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 Perakkur.

Perakkur is about 13 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Perakkur is in Madurai North tehsil of Madurai district. Vandiyūr is about 9.6 km away. Silaiman is about 11 km away. Madurai North is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.