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About Peraiyur Village

Peraiyur is a mid sized village in Peraiyur tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,306, made up of 670 males and 636 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 418.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Peraiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Peraiyur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Madurai
Tehsil Peraiyur
Pincode 625703
Area (hectares) 418.75 hectares
Population 1,306
Male Population 670
Female Population 636
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Peraiyur compares

By the 2011 count Peraiyur is the 47th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,337 residents. Its 418.75 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Peraiyur

The census records public bus service for Peraiyur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Peraiyur from other places

Peraiyur lies about 42 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Kalligudi, about 21 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 Peraiyur
Nearest railway station Kalligudi 21 km
Nearest town Tirumangalam 23 km
District headquarters Madurai 42 km

Villages closest to Peraiyur

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

Common questions about Peraiyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Peraiyur village had a population of 1,306. That makes it the 47th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,337 residents.

Peraiyur village has 670 males and 636 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Peraiyur has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Peraiyur is 625703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Peraiyur covers 418.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Peraiyur falls under Peraiyur tehsil of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Peraiyur is Kalligudi, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Peraiyur.

Peraiyur is about 42 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Peraiyur is in Peraiyur tehsil of Madurai district. Kalligudi is about 21 km away. Tirumangalam is about 23 km away. Madurai is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saptur (5.5 km), Saptur Rf (5.5 km) and Vairavi Ammapatti (6.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Peraiyur today is likely to be higher.

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