About Perungalmedu Village

Perungalmedu is a small village in Arcot tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 195 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Perungalmedu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Perungalmedu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arcot
Pincode	632511
Area (hectares)	213.65 hectares
Population	393
Male Population	195
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 22 km distance

How Perungalmedu compares

By the 2011 count Perungalmedu is the 84th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 213.65 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Perungalmedu

Perungalmedu 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 Perungalmedu 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 22 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Perungalmedu from other places

Perungalmedu lies about 34 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Walaja Road Junction, about 15 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 Perungalmedu
Nearest town	Walajapet	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arcot	14 km
Nearest railway station	Walaja Road Junction	15 km
District headquarters	Vellore	34 km

Villages closest to Perungalmedu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Perungalmedu village had a population of 393. That makes it the 84th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Perungalmedu village has 195 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perungalmedu has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Perungalmedu is 632511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Perungalmedu covers 213.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Perungalmedu falls under Arcot tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Perungalmedu is Walaja Road Junction, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 22 km distance.

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

Perungalmedu is about 34 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Perungalmedu is in Arcot tehsil of Vellore district. Walajapet is about 10 km away. Arcot is about 14 km away. Walaja Road Junction is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.