About Veppanatham Village

Veppanatham is a mid sized village in Attur tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,956, made up of 968 males and 988 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 533.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Veppanatham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Veppanatham village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Attur
Pincode	636112
Area (hectares)	533.32 hectares
Population	1,956
Male Population	968
Female Population	988
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Veppanatham compares

By the 2011 count Veppanatham is the 61st largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,234 residents. Its 533.32 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Veppanatham

Veppanatham is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Veppanatham 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Veppanatham from other places

Veppanatham lies about 67 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Melnariyappanur, about 6.0 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 Veppanatham
Nearest railway station	Melnariyappanur	6.0 km
Nearest town	Chinna Salem	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Attur	19 km
District headquarters	Salem	67 km

Villages closest to Veppanatham

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

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Common questions about Veppanatham

As per the Census of India 2011, Veppanatham village had a population of 1,956. That makes it the 61st largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,234 residents.

Veppanatham village has 968 males and 988 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Veppanatham has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Veppanatham is 636112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Veppanatham covers 533.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Veppanatham falls under Attur tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Veppanatham is Melnariyappanur, about 6.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Veppanatham is about 67 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Veppanatham is in Attur tehsil of Salem district. Melnariyappanur is about 6.0 km away. Chinna Salem is about 11 km away. Attur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.