About Vellai Village

Vellai is a small village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 233 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vellai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vellai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Cheyyar
Pincode	604401
Area (hectares)	177.2 hectares
Population	457
Male Population	233
Female Population	224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 36 km distance

How Vellai compares

By the 2011 count Vellai is the 194th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 177.2 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 994.

Getting to Vellai

Vellai 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 Vellai 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 36 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Vellai from other places

Vellai lies about 67 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Kanchipuram East, about 30 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 Vellai
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyar	2.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kanchipuram East	30 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	67 km

Villages closest to Vellai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Vellai village had a population of 457. That makes it the 194th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Vellai village has 233 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vellai has about 961 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 994.

The pincode recorded for Vellai is 604401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vellai covers 177.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Vellai falls under Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Vellai is Kanchipuram East, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 36 km distance.

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

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

Vellai is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Cheyyar is about 2.8 km away. Kanchipuram East is about 30 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 67 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.