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About Perumpalai Village

Perumpalai is a mid sized village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,191, made up of 601 males and 590 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 318.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Perumpalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Perumpalai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil Cheyyar
Pincode 604401
Area (hectares) 318.21 hectares
Population 1,191
Male Population 601
Female Population 590
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 982
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 38 km distance

How Perumpalai compares

By the 2011 count Perumpalai is the 101st largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 318.21 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Perumpalai

Perumpalai 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 Perumpalai 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 38 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Perumpalai from other places

Perumpalai lies about 67 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Kanchipuram East, 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 Perumpalai
Tehsil headquarters Cheyyar 5.5 km
Nearest railway station Kanchipuram East 31 km
District headquarters Tiruvannamalai 67 km

Villages closest to Perumpalai

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.

Common questions about Perumpalai

As per the Census of India 2011, Perumpalai village had a population of 1,191. That makes it the 101st largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Perumpalai village has 601 males and 590 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perumpalai has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Perumpalai is 604401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Perumpalai covers 318.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Perumpalai is Kanchipuram East, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 38 km distance.

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

Perumpalai is about 67 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Perumpalai is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Cheyyar is about 5.5 km away. Kanchipuram East is about 31 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 67 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Arasur (under 2 km), Villaripattu (1.6 km) and Anakkavoor (2.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Perumpalai today is likely to be higher.

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