# Perumpalai Village, Cheyyar, Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Cheyyar, Tiruvannamalai 

# Perumpalai

Perumpalai is a village in Cheyyar sub-district of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **604401**. The 2011 Census counted **1,191 people in 293 households**, the 101st largest of 215 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 1,191people (2011)
- 293households
- 71.4%literacy
- 604401PIN code

## Perumpalai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Perumpalai is 604401.** Perumpalai falls in Cheyyar sub-district, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code604401
- Gram panchayatPerumpalai
- Community development blockAnakkavur
- Census village code631374

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Perumpalai from nearby towns?

- Tiruvethipuram (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Tiruvannamalai (district HQ)95 km by road
- Tiruvethipuram (nearest town)9 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Perumpalai?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Perumpalai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Anakkavoor
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Thiruvethipuram
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Vilanallur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Perumpalai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, ground nut and sugarcane**. About 22% of the 318 hectares of village land is sown, and 37 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Perumpalai

Of every 100 households in Perumpalai in 2011, 98 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 30 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Perumpalai · ■ Cheyyar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**87%

Tap water ****98%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****30%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**69%

Use banking services ****57%**

**43%

Television ****92%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**6%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Perumpalai?

■ Perumpalai · ■ Cheyyar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****759**

**965

Working population ****52.1%**

**54.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 60.9% for women. 59% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (24%) · **■** Household industry 25 (4%) · **■** Other work 261 (42%) · **■** Marginal 84 (14%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Cheyyar

- Vinnavadi1,235 people
- Thethurai1,226 people
- Vadakalpakkam1,222 people
- Vachanur1,207 people
- Sothiyampakkam1,185 people
- Cheyyanur1,179 people
- Arasanipalai1,155 people
- Duli1,154 people

[All 217 villages in Cheyyar](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/tiruvannamalai/cheyyar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Perumpalai?604401
- How far is Perumpalai from Tiruvannamalai?95 km by road
- What is the population of Perumpalai?1,191 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Perumpalai in?Tiruvannamalai district (Cheyyar sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Perumpalai?71.4% (Census 2011)