Vellaram
Ottapidaram block · Tuticorin
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628401
· village code 642404
Population 2011
1,460
Census of India
Population 2020
1,679
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.0%
219 people · 1.6% a year
Households
520
+23.2% vs 422 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,460
Male / female
733 / 727
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
992
Children aged 0–6
157
Literacy rate
66.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
509 / 0
Working population
751
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
57.1%
Households
422
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 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
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
70
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
480
Share of households farming, 2020
8%
Net sown area
267 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
267 / 31 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vellaram panchayat, Ottapidaram 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
₹17.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.07 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹6.16 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.22 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.12 lakh · received ₹2.03 lakh · spent ₹3.13 lakh · left ₹1,606
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.18 lakh · received ₹3.04 lakh · spent ₹3.02 lakh · left ₹16.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.9009, 78.0207 —
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