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Velankulam Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Velankulam is a medium size village located in Palayamkottai Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 75 families residing. The Velankulam village has population of 285 of which 146 are males while 139 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Velankulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 13.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Velankulam village is 952 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Velankulam as per census is 583, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Velankulam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Velankulam village was 82.59 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Velankulam Male literacy stands at 92.62 % while female literacy rate was 72.80 %.

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

Velankulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 75 - -
Population 285 146 139
Child (0-6) 38 24 14
Schedule Caste 47 22 25
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.59 % 92.62 % 72.80 %
Total Workers 156 85 71
Main Worker 155 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.49 % of total population in Velankulam village. The village Velankulam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Velankulam village out of total population, 156 were engaged in work activities. 99.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 156 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.