About Periakottai Village

Periakottai is a large village in Gandarvakkottai tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,002, made up of 1,495 males and 1,507 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 852.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 613301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periakottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periakottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Gandarvakkottai
Pincode	613301
Area (hectares)	852.55 hectares
Population	3,002
Male Population	1,495
Female Population	1,507
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Periakottai compares

By the 2011 count Periakottai is the 9th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,432 residents. Its 852.55 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Periakottai

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

Periakottai lies about 30 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Periyakottai, about 2.5 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 Periakottai
Nearest railway station	Periyakottai	2.5 km
Nearest town	Arantāngi	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gandarvakkottai	30 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	30 km

Villages closest to Periakottai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Periakottai village had a population of 3,002. That makes it the 9th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,432 residents.

Periakottai village has 1,495 males and 1,507 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periakottai has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Periakottai is 613301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periakottai covers 852.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Periakottai falls under Gandarvakkottai tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Periakottai is Periyakottai, about 2.5 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 Periakottai.

Periakottai is about 30 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Periakottai is in Gandarvakkottai tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Periyakottai is about 2.5 km away. Arantāngi is about 12 km away. Gandarvakkottai is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.