Vellakarai
Cuddalore block · Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 607003 · village code 636660
Population 2011
8,658
Census of India
Population 2020
5,275
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-39.1%
-3,383 people · -5.4% a year
Households
1,100
-48.3% vs 2,127 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,658
Male / female
4,334 / 4,324
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
998
Children aged 0–6
1,014
Literacy rate
65.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,320 / 182
Working population
4,854
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.3%
Households
2,127
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Vellakarai panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
219
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
525
Non-farm households
575
Share of households farming, 2020
48%
Net sown area
1,452 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,452 / 266 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Location
11.6937, 79.6716 — view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Vegakollai · Velampoondi · Velangippattu · Velangulam RF · Vellapakkam · Velliyakudi · Vellur · Veludayanpattu