# Vellarada Village, Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)

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Village · Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram 

# Vellarada

Vellarada is a village in Neyyattinkara sub-district of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, PIN code **695505**. The 2011 Census counted **31,839 people in 8,285 households**, the 8th largest of 18 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 90.5%.

- 31,839people (2011)
- 8,285households
- 87.8%literacy
- 695505PIN code

## Vellarada PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Vellarada is 695505.** Vellarada falls in Neyyattinkara sub-district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala.

- PIN code695505
- Gram panchayatVellarada,Aryancode
- Community development blockPerumkadavila
- Census village code628525

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Vellarada from nearby towns?

- Neyyattinkara (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Thiruvananthapuram (district HQ)42 km by road
- Neyyattinkara (nearest town)20 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Vellarada?

28 services counted by the Census are inside Vellarada; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 5 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 7 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Engineering collegeIn village · 1 private
- ●ITI / vocational schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Amboori
- ○Degree college10+ km · Vellarada
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)22 h summer · 22 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Vellarada known for?

The main crops are **rubber and coconut**. About 94% of the 2,650 hectares of village land is sown, and 179 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Vellarada

Of every 100 households in Vellarada in 2011, 94 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Vellarada · ■ Neyyattinkara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**92%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**5%

Tap water ****15%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**79%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**78%

Use banking services ****71%**

**62%

Television ****74%**

**74%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****9%**

**10%

Own their home ****94%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Vellarada?

■ Vellarada · ■ Neyyattinkara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.8%**

**90.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**1041

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****994**

**962

Working population ****40.3%**

**40.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 85.2% for women. 58% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 568 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 852 (7%) · **■** Household industry 205 (2%) · **■** Other work 6,874 (54%) · **■** Marginal 4,319 (34%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Neyyattinkara

- Maranalloor36,550 people
- Kunnathukal33,274 people
- Kulathoor32,394 people
- Karode31,918 people
- Karumkulam27,481 people
- Kollayil25,428 people
- Keezharoor23,998 people
- Perumkadavila23,580 people

[All 18 villages in Neyyattinkara](https://wherepedia.org/india/kerala/thiruvananthapuram/neyyattinkara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Vellarada?695505
- How far is Vellarada from Thiruvananthapuram?42 km by road
- What is the population of Vellarada?31,839 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Vellarada in?Thiruvananthapuram district (Neyyattinkara sub-district), Kerala
- What is the literacy rate of Vellarada?87.8% (Census 2011)
