About Velampalayam Village

Velampalayam is a large village in Kangeyam tehsil, in the district of Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,943, made up of 1,941 males and 2,002 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 969.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 638105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Velampalayam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Velampalayam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruppur
Tehsil	Kangeyam
Pincode	638105
Area (hectares)	969.78 hectares
Population	3,943
Male Population	1,941
Female Population	2,002
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Velampalayam compares

By the 2011 count Velampalayam is the 10th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,171 residents. Its 969.78 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Velampalayam

Velampalayam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Velampalayam 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 Velampalayam from other places

Velampalayam lies about 5.2 km from Kangeyam, and the nearest railway station is Tiruppur, about 4.4 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 Velampalayam
Nearest town	Velampālaiyam	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Tiruppur	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kangeyam	5.2 km

Villages closest to Velampalayam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Velampalayam village had a population of 3,943. That makes it the 10th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,171 residents.

Velampalayam village has 1,941 males and 2,002 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Velampalayam has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Velampalayam is 638105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Velampalayam covers 969.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Velampalayam falls under Kangeyam tehsil of Tiruppur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Velampalayam is Tiruppur, about 4.4 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 Velampalayam.

Velampalayam is about 5.2 km from Kangeyam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Velampalayam is in Kangeyam tehsil of Tiruppur district. Velampālaiyam is about under 2 km away. Tiruppur is about 4.4 km away. Kangeyam is about 5.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.