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About Perungudi Village

Perungudi is one of the larger villages in Radhapuram tehsil, in the district of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10,720, made up of 5,295 males and 5,425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1774.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 627105, 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 Tirunelveli
Tehsil Radhapuram
Pincode 627105
Area (hectares) 1774.89 hectares
Population 10,720
Male Population 5,295
Female Population 5,425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Perungudi compares

By the 2011 count Perungudi is the 6th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 5,589 residents. Its 1774.89 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Perungudi

Perungudi 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 Perungudi 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 <5 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 51 km from Tirunelveli, and the nearest railway station is N. Panakudi, about 4.6 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 N. Panakudi 4.6 km
Nearest town Pānakkudi 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Radhapuram 9.2 km
District headquarters Tirunelveli 51 km

Villages closest to Perungudi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Radhapuram 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 10,720. That makes it the 6th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,589 residents.

Perungudi village has 5,295 males and 5,425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perungudi has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Perungudi is 627105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Perungudi covers 1774.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Perungudi falls under Radhapuram tehsil of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Perungudi is N. Panakudi, about 4.6 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 village for Perungudi.

Perungudi is about 51 km from Tirunelveli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Perungudi is in Radhapuram tehsil of Tirunelveli district. N. Panakudi is about 4.6 km away. Pānakkudi is about 5.6 km away. Radhapuram is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vaddakkankulam (2.3 km), Veppilangulam (2.4 km) and Adangarkulam (4.4 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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