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About Perungudi Village

Perungudi is a mid sized village in Valangaiman tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,010, made up of 495 males and 515 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 612801, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Perungudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Perungudi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvarur
Tehsil Valangaiman
Pincode 612801
Area (hectares) 346.58 hectares
Population 1,010
Male Population 495
Female Population 515
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Perungudi compares

By the 2011 count Perungudi is the 40th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,323 residents. Its 346.58 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Perungudi

Perungudi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Perungudi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Perungudi from other places

Perungudi lies about 29 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Koyilvenni, about 6.3 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 Perungudi
Nearest railway station Koyilvenni 6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Valangaiman 6.7 km
Nearest town Kumbakonam 14 km
District headquarters Thiruvarur 29 km

Villages closest to Perungudi

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

Common questions about Perungudi

As per the Census of India 2011, Perungudi village had a population of 1,010. That makes it the 40th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,323 residents.

Perungudi village has 495 males and 515 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perungudi has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Perungudi is 612801. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Perungudi covers 346.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Perungudi falls under Valangaiman tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Perungudi is Koyilvenni, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Perungudi.

Perungudi is about 29 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Perungudi is in Valangaiman tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Koyilvenni is about 6.3 km away. Valangaiman is about 6.7 km away. Kumbakonam is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kethanoor (under 2 km), Poonthottam (1.6 km) and Puliyakudi (1.7 km).

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

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