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About Lalapettai Village

Lalapettai is a large village in Wallajah tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,264, made up of 2,110 males and 2,154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632405, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lalapettai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lalapettai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Vellore
Tehsil Wallajah
Pincode 632405
Area (hectares) 104.67 hectares
Population 4,264
Male Population 2,110
Female Population 2,154
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 3 km distance

How Lalapettai compares

By the 2011 count Lalapettai is the 17th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents. Its 104.67 hectares work out to about 41 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Lalapettai

Lalapettai 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 Lalapettai 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 3 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lalapettai from other places

Lalapettai lies about 20 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Mukundarayapuram, about 2.2 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 Lalapettai
Nearest railway station Mukundarayapuram 2.2 km
Nearest town Puliyankannu 5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Wallajah 20 km
District headquarters Vellore 20 km

Villages closest to Lalapettai

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

Common questions about Lalapettai

As per the Census of India 2011, Lalapettai village had a population of 4,264. That makes it the 17th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents.

Lalapettai village has 2,110 males and 2,154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lalapettai has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Lalapettai is 632405. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lalapettai covers 104.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 41 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Lalapettai falls under Wallajah tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Lalapettai is Mukundarayapuram, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 3 km distance.

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

Lalapettai is about 20 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lalapettai is in Wallajah tehsil of Vellore district. Mukundarayapuram is about 2.2 km away. Puliyankannu is about 5.9 km away. Wallajah is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mukundarayapuram (under 2 km), Sikarajapuram (2.7 km) and Narasingapuram (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Lalapettai today is likely to be higher.

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