About Perikalakattur Village

Perikalakattur is a large village in Tiruttani tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,296, made up of 1,205 males and 1,091 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 895.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Perikalakattur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Perikalakattur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Tiruttani
Pincode	631210
Area (hectares)	895.41 hectares
Population	2,296
Male Population	1,205
Female Population	1,091
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 4 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 km distance

How Perikalakattur compares

By the 2011 count Perikalakattur is the 32nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,562 residents. Its 895.41 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 1002.

Getting to Perikalakattur

Perikalakattur 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 Perikalakattur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 4 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Perikalakattur from other places

Perikalakattur lies about 25 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Takkolam, about 3.4 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 Perikalakattur
Nearest railway station	Takkolam	3.4 km
Nearest town	Arakkonam	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tiruttani	17 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	25 km

Villages closest to Perikalakattur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Perikalakattur village had a population of 2,296. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,562 residents.

Perikalakattur village has 1,205 males and 1,091 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perikalakattur has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Perikalakattur is 631210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Perikalakattur covers 895.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Perikalakattur falls under Tiruttani tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Perikalakattur is Takkolam, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 4 km distance for Perikalakattur.

Perikalakattur is about 25 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Perikalakattur is in Tiruttani tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Takkolam is about 3.4 km away. Arakkonam is about 5.0 km away. Tiruttani is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.