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'''Periyakurichi''' is one of the Village panchayat in sendurai of [[Ariyalur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Periyakurichi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village<br />
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As per the 2011 census, Periyakurichi had a total population of 3533 with 1749 males and 1784 females.<ref>[http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx Primary Census Abstract, Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829003438/http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx |date=2009-08-29 }}</ref><br />
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==Economy==<br />
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Agriculture is the only source of income in this village. This village gifted with red sand. So you could see the Different variety of farm. This includes [[cashew]], [[coconut]], [[sugarcane]], [[Paddy (unmilled rice)|paddy]], [[jack fruit]], [[mango]] and various tropical fruit and vegetables<br />
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It has one lime mine site which covers more than 200 acres of land, this is started around early 1990. <br />
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== Administration and politics ==<br />
Periyakkurichy comes under the [[Kunnam (State Assembly Constituency)|Kunnam State Assembly Constituency]] and it elects a member to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] once every five years. The current [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) of the constituency is [[S. S. Sivasankar]] from the DMK Party. Ariyalur is a part of the [[Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency]] and elects a member to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]], once every five years.<ref name="Rit">{{cite web|title=Members of Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/government/loksaba|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu|year=2014|accessdate =26 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="const_map">{{cite web|title=Map showing the new assembly constituencies|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/maps/tamil_map.pdf|format=PDF|page=1|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref> The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is [[M. Chandrakasi]] from the [[ADMK]] party.<ref name="Rit"/><br />
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School: Periyakkurichy has one Government high school and one Government primary school.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}<br />
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Hospital : Nearest hospital is [[Ponparappi]] Government Hospital.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Ariyalur district]]<br />
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