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Veppadappu Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Veppadappu is a medium size village located in Melur Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 388 families residing. The Veppadappu village has population of 1577 of which 796 are males while 781 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Veppadappu village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 11.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Veppadappu village is 981 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Veppadappu as per census is 887, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Veppadappu village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Veppadappu village was 70.52 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Veppadappu Male literacy stands at 81.55 % while female literacy rate was 59.42 %.

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

Veppadappu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 388 - -
Population 1,577 796 781
Child (0-6) 183 97 86
Schedule Caste 482 235 247
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.52 % 81.55 % 59.42 %
Total Workers 789 486 303
Main Worker 786 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

Veppadappu village of Madurai has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.56 % of total population in Veppadappu village. The village Veppadappu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Veppadappu village out of total population, 789 were engaged in work activities. 99.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 789 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 468 were Agricultural labourer.