About Purangarai Village

Purangarai is a mid sized village in Tindivanam tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,006, made up of 502 males and 504 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purangarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purangarai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Tindivanam
Pincode	604305
Area (hectares)	232.52 hectares
Population	1,006
Male Population	502
Female Population	504
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 7 km distance

How Purangarai compares

By the 2011 count Purangarai is the 128th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 232.52 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Purangarai

Purangarai 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 Purangarai 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 7 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purangarai from other places

Purangarai lies about 45 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Panchalam, about 2.1 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 Purangarai
Nearest railway station	Panchalam	2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tindivanam	7.9 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	45 km

Villages closest to Purangarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purangarai village had a population of 1,006. That makes it the 128th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Purangarai village has 502 males and 504 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purangarai has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Purangarai is 604305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purangarai covers 232.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purangarai falls under Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Purangarai is Panchalam, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 7 km distance.

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

Purangarai is about 45 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purangarai is in Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district. Panchalam is about 2.1 km away. Tindivanam is about 7.9 km away. Viluppuram is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.