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Velagalapaya Population - Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh

Velagalapaya is a medium size village located in Ardhaveedu Mandal of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh with total 465 families residing. The Velagalapaya village has population of 1809 of which 920 are males while 889 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Velagalapaya village population of children with age 0-6 is 222 which makes up 12.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Velagalapaya village is 966 which is lower than Andhra Pradesh state average of 993. Child Sex Ratio for the Velagalapaya as per census is 1037, higher than Andhra Pradesh average of 939.

Velagalapaya village has lower literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Velagalapaya village was 48.20 % compared to 67.02 % of Andhra Pradesh. In Velagalapaya Male literacy stands at 62.27 % while female literacy rate was 33.51 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Velagalapaya village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Velagalapaya village.

Velagalapaya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 465 - -
Population 1,809 920 889
Child (0-6) 222 109 113
Schedule Caste 352 179 173
Schedule Tribe 390 199 191
Literacy 48.20 % 62.27 % 33.51 %
Total Workers 1,057 525 532
Main Worker 869 - -
Marginal Worker 188 50 138

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 21.56 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 19.46 % of total population in Velagalapaya village.

Work Profile

In Velagalapaya village out of total population, 1057 were engaged in work activities. 82.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1057 workers engaged in Main Work, 182 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 600 were Agricultural labourer.