About Periaalangulam Village

Periaalangulam is a small village in Kariapatti tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 98 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periaalangulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periaalangulam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Tehsil	Kariapatti
Pincode	626106
Area (hectares)	342.34 hectares
Population	192
Male Population	98
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Periaalangulam compares

By the 2011 count Periaalangulam is the 64th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,010 residents. Its 342.34 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Periaalangulam

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

Periaalangulam lies about 35 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Tiruparankundram, about 7.4 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 Periaalangulam
Nearest railway station	Tiruparankundram	7.4 km
Nearest town	Tirupparangunram	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kariapatti	16 km
District headquarters	Virudhunagar	35 km

Villages closest to Periaalangulam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Periaalangulam village had a population of 192. That makes it the 64th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,010 residents.

Periaalangulam village has 98 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periaalangulam has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Periaalangulam is 626106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periaalangulam covers 342.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Periaalangulam falls under Kariapatti tehsil of Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Periaalangulam is Tiruparankundram, about 7.4 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 10+ km distance for Periaalangulam.

Periaalangulam is about 35 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Periaalangulam is in Kariapatti tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Tiruparankundram is about 7.4 km away. Tirupparangunram is about 7.8 km away. Kariapatti is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.