About Perathur Village

Perathur is a large village in Thiruvallur tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,948, made up of 1,436 males and 1,512 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 747.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 602021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Perathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Perathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Thiruvallur
Pincode	602021
Area (hectares)	747.86 hectares
Population	2,948
Male Population	1,436
Female Population	1,512
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
Bus Service (public)	Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10 km distance

How Perathur compares

By the 2011 count Perathur is the 28th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,220 residents. Its 747.86 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Perathur

Perathur 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 Perathur as Available within 2 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 Perathur from other places

Perathur lies about 9.2 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Sevvapet Road, about 8.1 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 Perathur
Nearest railway station	Sevvapet Road	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thiruvallur	9.2 km
Nearest town	Tiruvallur	9.2 km

Villages closest to Perathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Perathur village had a population of 2,948. That makes it the 28th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,220 residents.

Perathur village has 1,436 males and 1,512 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perathur has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Perathur is 602021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Perathur covers 747.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Perathur falls under Thiruvallur tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Perathur is Sevvapet Road, about 8.1 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 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Perathur.

Perathur is about 9.2 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Perathur is in Thiruvallur tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Sevvapet Road is about 8.1 km away. Thiruvallur is about 9.2 km away. Tiruvallur is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.