About Vellakkadai Village

Vellakkadai is a mid sized village in Yercaud tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 699, made up of 346 males and 353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 364.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vellakkadai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vellakkadai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Yercaud
Pincode	636602
Area (hectares)	364.97 hectares
Population	699
Male Population	346
Female Population	353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Vellakkadai compares

By the 2011 count Vellakkadai is the 13th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 364.97 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Vellakkadai

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

How far is Vellakkadai from other places

Vellakkadai lies about 23 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Danishpet, 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 Vellakkadai
Tehsil headquarters	Yercaud	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Danishpet	11 km
Nearest town	Pallippatti	21 km
District headquarters	Salem	23 km

Villages closest to Vellakkadai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Vellakkadai village had a population of 699. That makes it the 13th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Vellakkadai village has 346 males and 353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vellakkadai has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Vellakkadai is 636602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vellakkadai covers 364.97 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.

Vellakkadai falls under Yercaud tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Vellakkadai is Danishpet, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Vellakkadai is about 23 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vellakkadai is in Yercaud tehsil of Salem district. Yercaud is about 8.3 km away. Danishpet is about 11 km away. Pallippatti is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.