About Piranthiyankarai Village

Piranthiyankarai is a mid sized village in Vedaranyam tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,873, made up of 923 males and 950 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 391.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614806, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piranthiyankarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piranthiyankarai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Vedaranyam
Pincode	614806
Area (hectares)	391.86 hectares
Population	1,873
Male Population	923
Female Population	950
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Piranthiyankarai compares

By the 2011 count Piranthiyankarai is the 39th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,596 residents. Its 391.86 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Piranthiyankarai

Piranthiyankarai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Piranthiyankarai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Piranthiyankarai from other places

Piranthiyankarai lies about 35 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Kariyappattinam, about 3.2 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 Piranthiyankarai
Nearest railway station	Kariyappattinam	3.2 km
Nearest town	Thiruthuraipoondi	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vedaranyam	35 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	35 km

Villages closest to Piranthiyankarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piranthiyankarai village had a population of 1,873. That makes it the 39th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,596 residents.

Piranthiyankarai village has 923 males and 950 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piranthiyankarai has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Piranthiyankarai is 614806. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piranthiyankarai covers 391.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piranthiyankarai falls under Vedaranyam tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Piranthiyankarai is Kariyappattinam, about 3.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Piranthiyankarai.

Piranthiyankarai is about 35 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piranthiyankarai is in Vedaranyam tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Kariyappattinam is about 3.2 km away. Thiruthuraipoondi is about 11 km away. Vedaranyam is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.