| M.Perumalpalayam | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of the town in Tamil Nadu |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates: | 11.6725°N 78.3131°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Salem |
| Subdivision Type3: | Taluk |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vazhapadi |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.5 |
| Population Total: | 5,232 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
M.Perumalpalayam is a village in the Vazhapadi taluk of Salem district, in Tamil Nadu, India.
M.Perumalpalayam is within Vazhapadi taluk, which is in the central part of Salem district. It covers 5.5km2 of land in the taluk, just to the southwest of its Gudamalai reserved forest, which occupies its geographic center. It is located 10km (10miles) west of Vazhapadi, the taluk headquarters, 15km (09miles) east of Salem, the district headquarters, and 260km (160miles) southwest of the state capital of Chennai. The only railway in Vazhapadi taluk runs through the village, and National Highway 79 passes to its south.[1]
In 2011 M.Perumalpalayam had a population of 5,232 people living in 1,360 households. The numbers of male and female inhabitants were almost equal, with 2,615 male and 2,617 female residents. 509 children in the town, about 10% of the population, were at or below the age of 6. The literacy rate in the town was 57.5%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 65.4% and 0.05% of the population, respectively.[2]