About Perungalathur Village

Perungalathur is a large village in Arakonam tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,490, made up of 1,723 males and 1,767 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 817.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631003, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Perungalathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Perungalathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arakonam
Pincode	631003
Area (hectares)	817.43 hectares
Population	3,490
Male Population	1,723
Female Population	1,767
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 6 km distance

How Perungalathur compares

By the 2011 count Perungalathur is the 31st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents. Its 817.43 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Perungalathur

Perungalathur 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 Perungalathur 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 6 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Perungalathur from other places

Perungalathur lies about 31 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Onnupuram, about 19 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 Perungalathur
Nearest railway station	Onnupuram	19 km
Nearest town	Polūr	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arakonam	31 km
District headquarters	Vellore	31 km

Villages closest to Perungalathur

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.

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Common questions about Perungalathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Perungalathur village had a population of 3,490. That makes it the 31st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents.

Perungalathur village has 1,723 males and 1,767 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perungalathur has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Perungalathur is 631003. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Perungalathur covers 817.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Perungalathur is Onnupuram, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 6 km distance.

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

Perungalathur is about 31 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Perungalathur is in Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district. Onnupuram is about 19 km away. Polūr is about 21 km away. Arakonam is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.