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About Perunkurichi Village

Perunkurichi is a mid sized village in Paramathi Velur tehsil, in the district of Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,518, made up of 752 males and 766 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 734.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 637201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Perunkurichi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Perunkurichi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Namakkal
Tehsil Paramathi Velur
Pincode 637201
Area (hectares) 734.84 hectares
Population 1,518
Male Population 752
Female Population 766
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Perunkurichi compares

By the 2011 count Perunkurichi is the 40th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,312 residents. Its 734.84 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Perunkurichi

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

Perunkurichi lies about 29 km from Namakkal, and the nearest railway station is Pasur, about 7.3 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 Perunkurichi
Nearest railway station Pasur 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Paramathi Velur 11 km
District headquarters Namakkal 29 km

Villages closest to Perunkurichi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paramathi Velur 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 Perunkurichi

As per the Census of India 2011, Perunkurichi village had a population of 1,518. That makes it the 40th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,312 residents.

Perunkurichi village has 752 males and 766 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perunkurichi has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Perunkurichi is 637201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Perunkurichi covers 734.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Perunkurichi falls under Paramathi Velur tehsil of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Perunkurichi is Pasur, about 7.3 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 Perunkurichi.

Perunkurichi is about 29 km from Namakkal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Perunkurichi is in Paramathi Velur tehsil of Namakkal district. Pasur is about 7.3 km away. Paramathi Velur is about 11 km away. Namakkal is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Devanampalayam (under 2 km), Kuppirikapalayam (1.8 km) and Sullipalayam (2.5 km).

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

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