About Periyamur Village

Periyamur is a mid sized village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 559, made up of 295 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periyamur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periyamur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	604151
Area (hectares)	188.53 hectares
Population	559
Male Population	295
Female Population	264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 40 km distance

How Periyamur compares

By the 2011 count Periyamur is the 206th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 188.53 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Periyamur

Periyamur 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 Periyamur 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 40 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Periyamur from other places

Periyamur lies about 33 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Tandarai, about 23 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 Periyamur
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Tandarai	23 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	33 km

Villages closest to Periyamur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Periyamur village had a population of 559. That makes it the 206th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Periyamur village has 295 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periyamur has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Periyamur is 604151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periyamur covers 188.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Periyamur falls under Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Periyamur is Tandarai, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 40 km distance.

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

Periyamur is about 33 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Periyamur is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Gingee is about 9.9 km away. Tandarai is about 23 km away. Viluppuram is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.