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Vellaiyur Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Vellaiyur is a large village located in Gangavalli Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 819 families residing. The Vellaiyur village has population of 3139 of which 1622 are males while 1517 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vellaiyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 277 which makes up 8.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vellaiyur village is 935 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Vellaiyur as per census is 859, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Vellaiyur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Vellaiyur village was 67.99 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Vellaiyur Male literacy stands at 78.00 % while female literacy rate was 57.38 %.

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

Vellaiyur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 819 - -
Population 3,139 1,622 1,517
Child (0-6) 277 149 128
Schedule Caste 738 385 353
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.99 % 78.00 % 57.38 %
Total Workers 1,859 949 910
Main Worker 1,557 - -
Marginal Worker 302 133 169

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.51 % of total population in Vellaiyur village. The village Vellaiyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Vellaiyur village out of total population, 1859 were engaged in work activities. 83.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1859 workers engaged in Main Work, 1048 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 372 were Agricultural labourer.