About Purisai Village

Purisai is a large village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,374, made up of 1,172 males and 1,202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 989.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purisai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purisai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Cheyyar
Pincode	604404
Area (hectares)	989.13 hectares
Population	2,374
Male Population	1,172
Female Population	1,202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 35 km distance

How Purisai compares

By the 2011 count Purisai is the 26th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 989.13 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Purisai

Purisai 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 Purisai 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 35 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purisai from other places

Purisai lies about 68 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Pakkam, about 31 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 Purisai
Nearest town	Vandavāsi	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyar	10 km
Nearest railway station	Pakkam	31 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	68 km

Villages closest to Purisai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purisai village had a population of 2,374. That makes it the 26th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Purisai village has 1,172 males and 1,202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purisai has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Purisai is 604404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purisai covers 989.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purisai falls under Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Purisai is Pakkam, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 35 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Purisai.

Purisai is about 68 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purisai is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Vandavāsi is about 8.4 km away. Cheyyar is about 10 km away. Pakkam is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.