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About Vellarai Village

Vellarai is a small village in Sriperumbudur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 426, made up of 205 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 602105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vellarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vellarai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Sriperumbudur
Pincode 602105
Area (hectares) 191.24 hectares
Population 426
Male Population 205
Female Population 221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,078
Bus Service (public) Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 25 km distance

How Vellarai compares

By the 2011 count Vellarai is the 105th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 191.24 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Vellarai

Vellarai 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 Vellarai as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 25 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Vellarai from other places

Vellarai lies about 33 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Urappakkam, about 11 km away. 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 Vellarai
Tehsil headquarters Sriperumbudur 7.0 km
Nearest town Srīperumbūdūr 7.0 km
Nearest railway station Urappakkam 11 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 33 km

Villages closest to Vellarai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sriperumbudur 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 Vellarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Vellarai village had a population of 426. That makes it the 105th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Vellarai village has 205 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vellarai has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Vellarai is 602105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vellarai covers 191.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Vellarai falls under Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Vellarai is Urappakkam, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 25 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance for Vellarai.

Vellarai is about 33 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vellarai is in Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Sriperumbudur is about 7.0 km away. Srīperumbūdūr is about 7.0 km away. Urappakkam is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kolathur (1.9 km), Navalur (1.9 km) and Gunduperumbedu (2.0 km).

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

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