# Veerapuram Village, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram 

# Veerapuram

Veerapuram is a village in Chengalpattu sub-district of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **603002**. The 2011 Census counted **1,724 people in 427 households**, the 50th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 1,724people (2011)
- 427households
- 83.6%literacy
- 603002PIN code

## Veerapuram PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Veerapuram is 603002.** Veerapuram falls in Chengalpattu sub-district, Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code603002
- Gram panchayatVeerapuram
- Community development blockKattankolattur
- Census village code629469

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

## How far is Veerapuram from nearby towns?

- Chengalpattu (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Kancheepuram (district HQ)35 km by road
- Chengalpattu (nearest town)3 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 Veerapuram?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Veerapuram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Anjur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Chengalpattu
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chengalpattu
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 12 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.

## Homes and amenities in Veerapuram

Of every 100 households in Veerapuram in 2011, 96 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 63 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 42 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Veerapuram · ■ Chengalpattu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**60%

Tap water ****94%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****63%**

**45%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****35%**

**48%

Use banking services ****42%**

**48%

Television ****87%**

**91%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****42%**

**41%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****2%**

**3%

Own their home ****94%**

**85%

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 Veerapuram?

■ Veerapuram · ■ Chengalpattu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1080**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1289**

**969

Working population ****39.6%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.7% for men and 73.9% for women. 55% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (2%) · **■** Household industry 72 (11%) · **■** Other work 370 (54%) · **■** Marginal 191 (28%)

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 Chengalpattu

- Vembedu1,802 people
- Thazhambur1,781 people
- Kolathur1,774 people
- Perunthandalam1,739 people
- Karanai1,677 people
- Chettipunyam1,543 people
- Kannivakkam1,447 people
- Madayathur1,442 people

[All 173 villages in Chengalpattu](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/kancheepuram/chengalpattu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Veerapuram?603002
- How far is Veerapuram from Kancheepuram?35 km by road
- What is the population of Veerapuram?1,724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Veerapuram in?Kancheepuram district (Chengalpattu sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Veerapuram?83.6% (Census 2011)