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About Vellalapatti Village

Vellalapatti is a mid sized village in Pappireddipatti tehsil, in the district of Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 609, made up of 331 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vellalapatti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vellalapatti village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Dharmapuri
Tehsil Pappireddipatti
Pincode 635301
Area (hectares) 324.77 hectares
Population 609
Male Population 331
Female Population 278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Vellalapatti compares

By the 2011 count Vellalapatti is the 75th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,303 residents. Its 324.77 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Vellalapatti

Vellalapatti is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Vellalapatti as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Vellalapatti from other places

Vellalapatti lies about 10 km from Dharmapuri. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Vellalapatti
Tehsil headquarters Pappireddipatti 10 km
District headquarters Dharmapuri 10 km

Villages closest to Vellalapatti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pappireddipatti tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Vellalapatti

As per the Census of India 2011, Vellalapatti village had a population of 609. That makes it the 75th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,303 residents.

Vellalapatti village has 331 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vellalapatti has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Vellalapatti is 635301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vellalapatti covers 324.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Vellalapatti falls under Pappireddipatti tehsil of Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Vellalapatti notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Vellalapatti.

Vellalapatti is about 10 km from Dharmapuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vellalapatti is in Pappireddipatti tehsil of Dharmapuri district. Pappireddipatti is about 10 km away. Dharmapuri is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bairanatham (under 2 km), Thalanatham (under 2 km) and Manjavadi (2.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Vellalapatti today is likely to be higher.

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