About Periyur Village

Periyur is a mid sized village in Sankarankoil tehsil, in the district of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,829, made up of 875 males and 954 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1007.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 627761, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
Tehsil	Sankarankoil
Pincode	627761
Area (hectares)	1007.35 hectares
Population	1,829
Male Population	875
Female Population	954
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Periyur compares

By the 2011 count Periyur is the 56th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,442 residents. Its 1007.35 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Periyur

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

How far is Periyur from other places

Periyur lies about 30 km from Tirunelveli, and the nearest railway station is Alwar Tirunagari, about 4.5 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 Periyur
Nearest railway station	Alwar Tirunagari	4.5 km
Nearest town	Arumuganeri	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankarankoil	30 km
District headquarters	Tirunelveli	30 km

Villages closest to Periyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Periyur village had a population of 1,829. That makes it the 56th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,442 residents.

Periyur village has 875 males and 954 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periyur has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Periyur is 627761. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periyur covers 1007.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Periyur falls under Sankarankoil tehsil of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Periyur is Alwar Tirunagari, about 4.5 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 village for Periyur.

Periyur is about 30 km from Tirunelveli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Periyur is in Sankarankoil tehsil of Tirunelveli district. Alwar Tirunagari is about 4.5 km away. Arumuganeri is about 18 km away. Sankarankoil is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.