# Vadivelkarai Village, Madurai South, Madurai (Tamil Nadu) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/madurai/madurai-south/vadivelkarai/ Village · Madurai South, Madurai # Vadivelkarai Vadivelkarai is a village in Madurai South sub-district of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **625019**. The 2011 Census counted **3,085 people in 824 households**, the 10th largest of 46 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%. - 3,085people (2011) - 824households - 79.4%literacy - 625019PIN code ## Vadivelkarai PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Vadivelkarai is 625019.** Vadivelkarai falls in Madurai South sub-district, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu. - PIN code625019 - Gram panchayatVadivelkarai - Community development blockThiruparankundram - Census village code641020 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Vadivelkarai from nearby towns? - Madurai South (sub-district HQ)19 km by road - Madurai (district HQ)19 km by road - Thirunagar (nearest town)8 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 Vadivelkarai? 14 services counted by the Census are inside Vadivelkarai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 - ●Sub post officeIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Community centreIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nagamalai Pudukottai - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Nagamalai Pudukottai - ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Thirunagar - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATMunder 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 · 10 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 Vadivelkarai known for? The main crops are **paddy, coconut and sugarcane**. About 36% of the 203 hectares of village land is sown, and 74 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 Vadivelkarai Of every 100 households in Vadivelkarai in 2011, 96 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 51 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 37 a two-wheeler and 5 a car. ■ Vadivelkarai · ■ Madurai South rural average Electricity for lighting ****96%** **93% Toilet within the home ****51%** **33% No toilet (open defecation) ****44%** **64% Tap water ****90%** **83% Drinking water within premises ****11%** **17% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****51%** **45% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****39%** **47% Use banking services ****75%** **50% Television ****87%** **86% Mobile phone ****76%** **67% Computer with internet ****3%** **1% Two-wheeler ****37%** **23% Car / jeep / van ****5%** **2% None of these assets ****5%** **6% Own their home ****72%** **77% 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 Vadivelkarai? ■ Vadivelkarai · ■ Madurai South rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%** **74.6% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994** **973 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1032** **962 Working population ****45.3%** **49.1% ### Women and men Literacy is 86.5% for men and 72.2% for women. 58% of men and 33% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 90 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 405 (29%) · **■** Household industry 24 (2%) · **■** Other work 855 (61%) · **■** Marginal 23 (2%) 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 Madurai South - Puliyankulam3,365 people - Panaiyur3,216 people - Solankuruni3,191 people - Thoppur3,139 people - Kodimangalam2,784 people - Paraippathi2,760 people - Vedarpuliankulam2,639 people - Kilakuyilkudi2,606 people [All 50 villages in Madurai South](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/madurai/madurai-south/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Vadivelkarai?625019 - How far is Vadivelkarai from Madurai?19 km by road - What is the population of Vadivelkarai?3,085 (Census 2011) - Which district is Vadivelkarai in?Madurai district (Madurai South sub-district), Tamil Nadu - What is the literacy rate of Vadivelkarai?79.4% (Census 2011)