Velampalayam
Modakurichi block · Erode
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 638104
· village code 635056
Population 2011
3,748
Census of India
Population 2020
4,104
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.5%
356 people · 1.0% a year
Households
1,452
+29.2% vs 1,124 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,748
Male / female
1,890 / 1,858
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
983
Children aged 0–6
304
Literacy rate
61.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
974 / 6
Working population
2,444
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.3%
Households
1,124
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
86
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
815
Non-farm households
515
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
412 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
412 / 273 / 55
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
60 Velampalayam panchayat, Modakkuruchi zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹48.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.77 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹41.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.70 lakh · received ₹4.71 lakh · spent ₹15.54 lakh · left ₹86,475
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.12 lakh · received ₹7.06 lakh · spent ₹25.72 lakh · left ₹18.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.1712, 77.7249 —
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