About Periyakattalai Village

Periyakattalai is a mid sized village in Peraiyur tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,609, made up of 820 males and 789 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 784.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periyakattalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periyakattalai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Tehsil	Peraiyur
Pincode	625527
Area (hectares)	784.92 hectares
Population	1,609
Male Population	820
Female Population	789
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Periyakattalai compares

By the 2011 count Periyakattalai is the 40th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,337 residents. Its 784.92 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Periyakattalai

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

Periyakattalai lies about 65 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Srivilliputtur, about 5.1 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 Periyakattalai
Nearest railway station	Srivilliputtur	5.1 km
Nearest town	Srivilliputhur	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Peraiyur	26 km
District headquarters	Madurai	65 km

Villages closest to Periyakattalai

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.

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Common questions about Periyakattalai

As per the Census of India 2011, Periyakattalai village had a population of 1,609. That makes it the 40th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,337 residents.

Periyakattalai village has 820 males and 789 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periyakattalai has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Periyakattalai is 625527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periyakattalai covers 784.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Periyakattalai is Srivilliputtur, about 5.1 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 Periyakattalai.

Periyakattalai is about 65 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Periyakattalai is in Peraiyur tehsil of Madurai district. Srivilliputtur is about 5.1 km away. Srivilliputhur is about 5.2 km away. Peraiyur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.