| Periyababusamudram | |
| Other Name: | Periyababusamuthiram |
| Nickname: | PBS |
| Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Villupuram, Tamil Nadu |
| Coordinates: | 11.9415°N 79.6835°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tondai Nadu |
| Subdivision Name3: | Viluppuram |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Government Type: | Gram Panchayat |
| Leader Title: | Chairman |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 605102[1] |
| Area Code: | +91–0413(STD Code) |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Registration Plate: | TN–32 |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | ♂/♀ |
| Blank4 Name Sec2: | Literacy |
| Blank5 Name Sec1: | Climate |
| Blank5 Info Sec1: | Aw(Köppen) |
| Blank6 Name Sec1: | Distance from Chennai |
| Blank6 Info Sec1: | 165km (103miles) |
| Blank6 Name Sec2: | Distance from Puducherry |
| Blank6 Info Sec2: | 15km (09miles) |
| Blank7 Name Sec1: | Distance from Viluppuram |
| Blank7 Info Sec1: | 24km (15miles) |
| Blank7 Name Sec2: | Distance from Cuddalore |
| Blank7 Info Sec2: | 29km (18miles) |
Periyababusamudram or Periyababusamuthiram is a village located in Kandamangalam block in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu.[2] This village falls under Vanur Assembly constituency and Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency.
Vanniya Kula kshatriya's (Vanniya Gounder) community is the majority (55%) and Adi Dravida (25%) and other Vannar, Kuyavar, Naidu community (20%) live in this village.[3]
Most of the people in this village are in agriculture and brick kiln work. Paddy, Sugarcane, ulundham, groundnut, Cassava etc., are cultivated here as major crops. And some work in nearby factories. The pambai river, lake and ponds here add much beauty to the village and are an important source of agriculture.
The climate of Periyababusamudram is classified by the Köppen climate classification as tropical wet and dry,[4] similar to that of coastal Pondicherry. Summer lasts from April to early June, when maximum temperatures may reach 41°C. The average maximum temperature is 36°C. Minimum temperatures are in the order of 28-. This is followed by a period of high humidity and occasional thundershowers from June until September.
The northeast monsoon sets in during the middle of October, and periyababusamudram gets the bulk of its annual rainfall during the period from October to December. The annual average rainfall is 13550NaN0.[5] Winters are very warm, with highs of 30°C and lows often dipping to around 18-.
In this village there is a Chariot (ther) about 80 feet high and the Chariot Festival is held once a year.
Major political parties in this village;
This village is located about 3 km from Kandamangalam on the Vanur road.
From this village, Puducherry is 18 km in the east direction, Villupuram is 23 km in the west direction and Cuddalore is 21 km in the south east direction. At a distance of 3 km from here, the town of Kandamangalam is on the Villupuram - Nagapattinam national Highway, from where there are frequent buses to Puducherry and Villupuram. A bus plies to Puducherry and Villupuram from Kalithrampet, a village 2 km from Periyababusamudram village.
A national highway project from Villupuram to Chennai via ECR has been announced by the central government, the highway passes through this village and work is currently underway.
Chinnababusamudram railway station is 3 km from here. Trains run from this station to Puducherry, Villupuram, Chennai, Tirupati, etc. It has daily trains connecting the city with Chennai apart from non-daily trains towards prime cities including Mangaluru, Tiruchirapalli, Bengaluru, Kolkata, New Delhi, Bhubaneshwar and Mumbai via Villupuram.
The nearest airport is Pondicherry Airport[6] at Pondicherry,[7] in Puducherry, approximately 15 km from Periyababusamudram. Pondicherry Airport is connected to Bangalore by commercial airlines.
The nearest major airport is the Chennai International Airport (MAA), approximately 143 km from the town; the next closest major airport is Tiruchirapalli international Airport, approximately 192 km from the village.