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Velambur Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Velambur is a large village located in Peraiyur Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 1144 families residing. The Velambur village has population of 3904 of which 1927 are males while 1977 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Velambur village population of children with age 0-6 is 415 which makes up 10.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Velambur village is 1026 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Velambur as per census is 967, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Velambur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Velambur village was 68.39 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Velambur Male literacy stands at 79.02 % while female literacy rate was 58.09 %.

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

Velambur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,144 - -
Population 3,904 1,927 1,977
Child (0-6) 415 211 204
Schedule Caste 1,332 672 660
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.39 % 79.02 % 58.09 %
Total Workers 2,309 1,186 1,123
Main Worker 1,999 - -
Marginal Worker 310 145 165

Caste Factor

Velambur village of Madurai has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.12 % of total population in Velambur village. The village Velambur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Velambur village out of total population, 2309 were engaged in work activities. 86.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2309 workers engaged in Main Work, 342 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1038 were Agricultural labourer.