About Periyakurukkai Village

Periyakurukkai is a large village in Lalgudi tehsil, in the district of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,011, made up of 1,002 males and 1,009 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1206.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 621105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periyakurukkai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periyakurukkai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruchirappalli
Tehsil	Lalgudi
Pincode	621105
Area (hectares)	1206.64 hectares
Population	2,011
Male Population	1,002
Female Population	1,009
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Periyakurukkai compares

By the 2011 count Periyakurukkai is the 46th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,275 residents. Its 1206.64 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Periyakurukkai

Periyakurukkai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Periyakurukkai 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Periyakurukkai from other places

Periyakurukkai lies about 28 km from Tiruchirappalli, and the nearest railway station is Pullampadi, about 15 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 Periyakurukkai
Nearest railway station	Pullampadi	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lalgudi	18 km
District headquarters	Tiruchirappalli	28 km

Villages closest to Periyakurukkai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Periyakurukkai village had a population of 2,011. That makes it the 46th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,275 residents.

Periyakurukkai village has 1,002 males and 1,009 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periyakurukkai has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Periyakurukkai is 621105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periyakurukkai covers 1206.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Periyakurukkai falls under Lalgudi tehsil of Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Periyakurukkai is Pullampadi, about 15 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Periyakurukkai.

Periyakurukkai is about 28 km from Tiruchirappalli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Periyakurukkai is in Lalgudi tehsil of Tiruchirappalli district. Pullampadi is about 15 km away. Lalgudi is about 18 km away. Tiruchirappalli is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.