About Peral Village

Peral is a mid sized village in Sankarapuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,438, made up of 707 males and 731 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 530.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Peral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Peral village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Sankarapuram
Pincode	606205
Area (hectares)	530.53 hectares
Population	1,438
Male Population	707
Female Population	731
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Peral compares

By the 2011 count Peral is the 107th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 530.53 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Peral

Peral is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Peral as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Peral from other places

Peral lies about 50 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Pukkiravari, 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 Peral
Nearest town	Kallakkurichchi	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankarapuram	16 km
Nearest railway station	Pukkiravari	23 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	50 km

Villages closest to Peral

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Peral village had a population of 1,438. That makes it the 107th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Peral village has 707 males and 731 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Peral has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Peral is 606205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Peral covers 530.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Peral falls under Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Peral is Pukkiravari, about 23 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Peral.

Peral is about 50 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Peral is in Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Kallakkurichchi is about 14 km away. Sankarapuram is about 16 km away. Pukkiravari is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.