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Velakulam Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Velakulam is a medium size village located in Tirukkoyilur Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 188 families residing. The Velakulam village has population of 993 of which 512 are males while 481 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Velakulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 13.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Velakulam village is 939 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Velakulam as per census is 1254, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Velakulam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Velakulam village was 78.49 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Velakulam Male literacy stands at 86.53 % while female literacy rate was 69.53 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Velakulam 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 Velakulam village.

Velakulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 188 - -
Population 993 512 481
Child (0-6) 133 59 74
Schedule Caste 727 370 357
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.49 % 86.53 % 69.53 %
Total Workers 575 301 274
Main Worker 242 - -
Marginal Worker 333 72 261

Caste Factor

In Velakulam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 73.21 % of total population in Velakulam village. The village Velakulam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Velakulam village out of total population, 575 were engaged in work activities. 42.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 575 workers engaged in Main Work, 180 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.