About Periyanur Village

Periyanur is a mid sized village in Tirukkoyilur tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,442, made up of 749 males and 693 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605757, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periyanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periyanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Tirukkoyilur
Pincode	605757
Area (hectares)	277.83 hectares
Population	1,442
Male Population	749
Female Population	693
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Periyanur compares

By the 2011 count Periyanur is the 118th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,336 residents. Its 277.83 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Periyanur

Periyanur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Periyanur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Periyanur from other places

Periyanur lies about 30 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Tirukkovilur, about 8.3 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 Periyanur
Tehsil headquarters	Tirukkoyilur	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Tirukkovilur	8.3 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	30 km

Villages closest to Periyanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Periyanur village had a population of 1,442. That makes it the 118th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,336 residents.

Periyanur village has 749 males and 693 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periyanur has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Periyanur is 605757. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periyanur covers 277.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Periyanur falls under Tirukkoyilur tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Periyanur is Tirukkovilur, about 8.3 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 village for Periyanur.

Periyanur is about 30 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Periyanur is in Tirukkoyilur tehsil of Viluppuram district. Tirukkoyilur is about 7.3 km away. Tirukkovilur is about 8.3 km away. Viluppuram is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.