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Vellur Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Vellur is a medium size village located in Yercaud Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 173 families residing. The Vellur village has population of 676 of which 325 are males while 351 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vellur village population of children with age 0-6 is 94 which makes up 13.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vellur village is 1080 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Vellur as per census is 1293, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Vellur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Vellur village was 50.52 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Vellur Male literacy stands at 58.10 % while female literacy rate was 43.29 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Vellur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Vellur village.

Vellur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 173 - -
Population 676 325 351
Child (0-6) 94 41 53
Schedule Caste 3 2 1
Schedule Tribe 656 313 343
Literacy 50.52 % 58.10 % 43.29 %
Total Workers 396 206 190
Main Worker 389 - -
Marginal Worker 7 2 5

Caste Factor

In Vellur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.04 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.44 % of total population in Vellur village.

Work Profile

In Vellur village out of total population, 396 were engaged in work activities. 98.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 396 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 275 were Agricultural labourer.