# Vellakkadai Village, Yercaud, Salem (Tamil Nadu) – PIN Code

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Village · Yercaud, Salem 

# Vellakkadai

Vellakkadai is a village in Yercaud sub-district of Salem district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **636602**. The 2011 Census counted **699 people in 196 households**, the 13th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 699people (2011)
- 196households
- 57.9%literacy
- 636602PIN code

## Vellakkadai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Vellakkadai is 636602.** Vellakkadai falls in Yercaud sub-district, Salem district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code636602
- Gram panchayatVellakadai
- Community development blockYercaud
- Census village code634094

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

## How far is Vellakkadai from nearby towns?

- Yercaud (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Salem (district HQ)40 km by road
- Salem (nearest town)40 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 Vellakkadai?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Vellakkadai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Yercaud
- ○Degree college10+ km · Salem
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Yercaud
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Vellakkadai known for?

The main crops are **coffee, pepper and orange**. About 60% of the 365 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Vellakkadai

Of every 100 households in Vellakkadai in 2011, 76 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Vellakkadai · ■ Yercaud rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**82%

Tap water ****4%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**3%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**89%

Use banking services ****36%**

**32%

Television ****88%**

**83%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**11%

Own their home ****84%**

**90%

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 Vellakkadai?

■ Vellakkadai · ■ Yercaud rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.9%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1054**

**889

Working population ****65.7%**

**57.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 49.0% for women. 70% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 31 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (4%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 398 (87%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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 Yercaud

- Manjakuttai864 people
- Anakkadu736 people
- Senthittu726 people
- Semmanathan718 people
- Muluvi693 people
- Vellur676 people
- Pottakkadu653 people
- Pelakkadu646 people

[All 86 villages in Yercaud](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/salem/yercaud/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Vellakkadai?636602
- How far is Vellakkadai from Salem?40 km by road
- What is the population of Vellakkadai?699 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Vellakkadai in?Salem district (Yercaud sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Vellakkadai?57.9% (Census 2011)