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About Periakurichi Village

Periakurichi is a mid sized village in Rasipuram tehsil, in the district of Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 703, made up of 351 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periakurichi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periakurichi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Namakkal
Tehsil Rasipuram
Pincode 636142
Area (hectares) 257.13 hectares
Population 703
Male Population 351
Female Population 352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Periakurichi compares

By the 2011 count Periakurichi is the 71st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,246 residents. Its 257.13 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Periakurichi

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

Periakurichi lies about 36 km from Namakkal, and the nearest railway station is Valappadi Gate, about 24 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 Periakurichi
Nearest town Tammampatti 8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Rasipuram 24 km
Nearest railway station Valappadi Gate 24 km
District headquarters Namakkal 36 km

Villages closest to Periakurichi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Periakurichi village had a population of 703. That makes it the 71st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,246 residents.

Periakurichi village has 351 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periakurichi has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Periakurichi is 636142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periakurichi covers 257.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Periakurichi falls under Rasipuram tehsil of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Periakurichi is Valappadi Gate, about 24 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Periakurichi.

Periakurichi is about 36 km from Namakkal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Periakurichi is in Rasipuram tehsil of Namakkal district. Tammampatti is about 8.8 km away. Rasipuram is about 24 km away. Valappadi Gate is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mullukurichi (under 2 km), Mulaikurichi (1.7 km) and Periakombai (2.3 km).

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

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