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Vellaram Population - Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu

Vellaram is a medium size village located in Ottapidaram Taluka of Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu with total 422 families residing. The Vellaram village has population of 1460 of which 733 are males while 727 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vellaram village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 10.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vellaram village is 992 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Vellaram as per census is 707, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Vellaram village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Vellaram village was 74.98 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Vellaram Male literacy stands at 87.36 % while female literacy rate was 62.99 %.

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

Vellaram Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 422 - -
Population 1,460 733 727
Child (0-6) 157 92 65
Schedule Caste 509 265 244
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.98 % 87.36 % 62.99 %
Total Workers 751 420 331
Main Worker 314 - -
Marginal Worker 437 184 253

Caste Factor

Vellaram village of Thoothukkudi has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.86 % of total population in Vellaram village. The village Vellaram currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Vellaram village out of total population, 751 were engaged in work activities. 41.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 751 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.