About Periyakoil Village

Periyakoil is a mid sized village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 582, made up of 297 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604407, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periyakoil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periyakoil village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Cheyyar
Pincode	604407
Area (hectares)	358.03 hectares
Population	582
Male Population	297
Female Population	285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 26 km distance

How Periyakoil compares

By the 2011 count Periyakoil is the 177th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 358.03 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Periyakoil

Periyakoil 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 Periyakoil 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 26 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Periyakoil from other places

Periyakoil lies about 74 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Kanchipuram East, about 24 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 Periyakoil
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyar	4.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kanchipuram East	24 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	74 km

Villages closest to Periyakoil

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 Periyakoil

As per the Census of India 2011, Periyakoil village had a population of 582. That makes it the 177th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Periyakoil village has 297 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periyakoil has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Periyakoil is 604407. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periyakoil covers 358.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Periyakoil is Kanchipuram East, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 26 km distance.

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

Periyakoil is about 74 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Periyakoil is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Cheyyar is about 4.3 km away. Kanchipuram East is about 24 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 74 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.