About Veppadi Village

Veppadi is a small village in Yercaud tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 112 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Veppadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Veppadi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Yercaud
Pincode	636602
Area (hectares)	46.47 hectares
Population	221
Male Population	112
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Veppadi compares

By the 2011 count Veppadi is the 50th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 46.47 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Veppadi

Veppadi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Veppadi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Veppadi from other places

Veppadi lies about 27 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Lokur, about 6.1 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 Veppadi
Nearest railway station	Lokur	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yercaud	13 km
Nearest town	Pallippatti	21 km
District headquarters	Salem	27 km

Villages closest to Veppadi

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 Veppadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Veppadi village had a population of 221. That makes it the 50th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Veppadi village has 112 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Veppadi has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

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

Veppadi covers 46.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Veppadi is Lokur, about 6.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Veppadi.

Veppadi is about 27 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Veppadi is in Yercaud tehsil of Salem district. Lokur is about 6.1 km away. Yercaud is about 13 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.