About Vellarikkadu Village

Vellarikkadu is a mid sized village in Sankarapuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,426, made up of 713 males and 713 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1714.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vellarikkadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vellarikkadu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Sankarapuram
Pincode	606401
Area (hectares)	1714.82 hectares
Population	1,426
Male Population	713
Female Population	713
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Vellarikkadu compares

By the 2011 count Vellarikkadu is the 109th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 1714.82 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 979.

Getting to Vellarikkadu

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

Vellarikkadu lies about 80 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Melnariyappanur, 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 Vellarikkadu
Nearest town	Vadakkanandal	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankarapuram	17 km
Nearest railway station	Melnariyappanur	30 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	80 km

Villages closest to Vellarikkadu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Vellarikkadu village had a population of 1,426. That makes it the 109th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Vellarikkadu village has 713 males and 713 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vellarikkadu has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Vellarikkadu is 606401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vellarikkadu covers 1714.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Vellarikkadu falls under Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Vellarikkadu is Melnariyappanur, about 30 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 10+ km distance for Vellarikkadu.

Vellarikkadu is about 80 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vellarikkadu is in Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Vadakkanandal is about 13 km away. Sankarapuram is about 17 km away. Melnariyappanur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.