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About Perapperi Village

Perapperi is a mid sized village in Arakonam tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,396, made up of 656 males and 740 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,128 females per 1000 males. The village covers 371.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Perapperi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Perapperi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Vellore
Tehsil Arakonam
Pincode 632502
Area (hectares) 371.7 hectares
Population 1,396
Male Population 656
Female Population 740
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,128
Bus Service (public) Available within 1 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 1 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10 km distance

How Perapperi compares

By the 2011 count Perapperi is the 102nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents. Its 371.7 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Perapperi

Perapperi 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 Perapperi as Available within 1 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 1 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Perapperi from other places

Perapperi lies about 30 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Walaja Road Junction, about 16 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 Perapperi
Nearest town Walajapet 10 km
Nearest railway station Walaja Road Junction 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Arakonam 30 km
District headquarters Vellore 30 km

Villages closest to Perapperi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Perapperi village had a population of 1,396. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents.

Perapperi village has 656 males and 740 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perapperi has about 1128 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Perapperi is 632502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Perapperi covers 371.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Perapperi falls under Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Perapperi is Walaja Road Junction, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 1 km distance and private bus service as Available within 1 km distance for Perapperi.

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

Perapperi is in Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district. Walajapet is about 10 km away. Walaja Road Junction is about 16 km away. Arakonam is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karivedu (1.6 km), Sembedu (3.6 km) and Karikkal (3.7 km).

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

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