About Periapuliyur Village

Periapuliyur is a mid sized village in Gummidipoondi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 683, made up of 345 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 623.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periapuliyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periapuliyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Gummidipoondi
Pincode	601202
Area (hectares)	623.14 hectares
Population	683
Male Population	345
Female Population	338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 3 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 18 km distance

How Periapuliyur compares

By the 2011 count Periapuliyur is the 63rd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents. Its 623.14 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Periapuliyur

Periapuliyur 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 Periapuliyur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 3 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 18 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Periapuliyur from other places

Periapuliyur lies about 31 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Gummidipundi, about 9.8 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 Periapuliyur
Nearest railway station	Gummidipundi	9.8 km
Nearest town	Ponneri	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gummidipoondi	31 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	31 km

Villages closest to Periapuliyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Periapuliyur village had a population of 683. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents.

Periapuliyur village has 345 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periapuliyur has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Periapuliyur is 601202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periapuliyur covers 623.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Periapuliyur falls under Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Periapuliyur is Gummidipundi, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 18 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 3 km distance for Periapuliyur.

Periapuliyur is about 31 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Periapuliyur is in Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Gummidipundi is about 9.8 km away. Ponneri is about 18 km away. Gummidipoondi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.