Velapadi
Arani block · Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 632317 · village code 631199
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 8,655 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 3,786 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
8,655
Male / female
4,290 / 4,365
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,017
Children aged 0–6
1,013
Literacy rate
68.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,931 / 0
Working population
4,216
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
28.6%
Households
2,082
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Chitteri panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
147
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
713
Non-farm households
218
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
483 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
280 / 483 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Location
12.6847, 79.2865 — view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Veerappanur R.F. · Veerasambanur · Velakkanandal · Velanandal · Veliambakkam · Veliyanallur · Vellai · Vellakulam