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About Perungarai Village

Perungarai is a large village in Paramakudi tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,061, made up of 1,572 males and 1,489 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1424.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623608, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Perungarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Perungarai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Ramanathapuram
Tehsil Paramakudi
Pincode 623608
Area (hectares) 1424.23 hectares
Population 3,061
Male Population 1,572
Female Population 1,489
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Perungarai compares

By the 2011 count Perungarai is the 10th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,735 residents. Its 1424.23 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Perungarai

Perungarai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Perungarai 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Pandikanmoi, Pandiyur, Pathanendal and Periyanendal. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Perungarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Perungarai village had a population of 3,061. That makes it the 10th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,735 residents.

Perungarai village has 1,572 males and 1,489 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perungarai has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Perungarai is 623608. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Perungarai covers 1424.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Perungarai falls under Paramakudi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Perungarai notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Perungarai.

Perungarai is in Paramakudi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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