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Veppankulam Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Veppankulam is a medium size village located in Tirunelveli Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 408 families residing. The Veppankulam village has population of 1537 of which 782 are males while 755 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Veppankulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 11.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Veppankulam village is 965 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Veppankulam as per census is 989, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Veppankulam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Veppankulam village was 78.34 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Veppankulam Male literacy stands at 83.72 % while female literacy rate was 72.75 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Veppankulam 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 Veppankulam village.

Veppankulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 408 - -
Population 1,537 782 755
Child (0-6) 175 88 87
Schedule Caste 692 350 342
Schedule Tribe 6 3 3
Literacy 78.34 % 83.72 % 72.75 %
Total Workers 751 457 294
Main Worker 735 - -
Marginal Worker 16 6 10

Caste Factor

In Veppankulam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.02 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.39 % of total population in Veppankulam village.

Work Profile

In Veppankulam village out of total population, 751 were engaged in work activities. 97.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 751 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 440 were Agricultural labourer.