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Vellarikkadu Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Vellarikkadu is a medium size village located in Sankarapuram Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 318 families residing. The Vellarikkadu village has population of 1426 of which 713 are males while 713 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vellarikkadu village population of children with age 0-6 is 242 which makes up 16.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vellarikkadu village is 1000 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Vellarikkadu as per census is 1086, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Vellarikkadu village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Vellarikkadu village was 34.29 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Vellarikkadu Male literacy stands at 43.89 % while female literacy rate was 24.53 %.

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

Vellarikkadu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 318 - -
Population 1,426 713 713
Child (0-6) 242 116 126
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,420 711 709
Literacy 34.29 % 43.89 % 24.53 %
Total Workers 846 429 417
Main Worker 735 - -
Marginal Worker 111 56 55

Caste Factor

In Vellarikkadu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.58 % of total population in Vellarikkadu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Vellarikkadu village of Viluppuram.

Work Profile

In Vellarikkadu village out of total population, 846 were engaged in work activities. 86.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 846 workers engaged in Main Work, 447 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 171 were Agricultural labourer.