Peraiyur taluk is a taluk of Madurai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Peraiyur.
According to the 2001 census, the taluk of Peraiyur had a population of 186,839 with 94,151 males and 92,688 females. There were 984 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 63.96. The total number of households was 47,951.