About Periyakulam Village

Periyakulam is a large village in Namakkal tehsil, in the district of Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,137, made up of 1,071 males and 1,066 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 634.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 637404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periyakulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periyakulam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Namakkal
Tehsil	Namakkal
Pincode	637404
Area (hectares)	634.05 hectares
Population	2,137
Male Population	1,071
Female Population	1,066
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Periyakulam compares

By the 2011 count Periyakulam is the 79th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,509 residents. Its 634.05 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Periyakulam

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

Periyakulam lies about 12 km from Namakkal, and the nearest railway station is Kalangani, about 7.9 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 Periyakulam
Nearest railway station	Kalangani	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Namakkal	12 km
Nearest town	Nāmakkal	12 km

Villages closest to Periyakulam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Periyakulam village had a population of 2,137. That makes it the 79th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,509 residents.

Periyakulam village has 1,071 males and 1,066 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periyakulam has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Periyakulam is 637404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periyakulam covers 634.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Periyakulam falls under Namakkal tehsil of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Periyakulam is Kalangani, about 7.9 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 Periyakulam.

Periyakulam is about 12 km from Namakkal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Periyakulam is in Namakkal tehsil of Namakkal district. Kalangani is about 7.9 km away. Namakkal is about 12 km away. Nāmakkal is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.