# Veppalodai Village, Ottapidaram, Thoothukkudi (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Ottapidaram, Thoothukkudi 

# Veppalodai

Veppalodai is a village in Ottapidaram sub-district of Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **628903**. The 2011 Census counted **2,892 people in 841 households**, the 9th largest of 63 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.3%.

- 2,892people (2011)
- 841households
- 74.3%literacy
- 628903PIN code

## Veppalodai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Veppalodai is 628903.** Veppalodai falls in Ottapidaram sub-district, Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code628903
- Gram panchayatVeppalodai
- Community development blockOttapidaram
- Census village code642397

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

## How far is Veppalodai from nearby towns?

- Ottapidaram (sub-district HQ)40 km by road
- Thoothukkudi (district HQ)22 km by road
- Thoothukkudi (nearest town)18 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 Veppalodai?

27 services counted by the Census are inside Veppalodai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn 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

- ○Degree college10+ km · Thoothukkudi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Thoothukkudi
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 16 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 Veppalodai known for?

The main crops are **chilli, bulrush and black gram**. Products made here include salt. About 35% of the 1,514 hectares of village land is sown, and 60 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 Veppalodai

Of every 100 households in Veppalodai in 2011, 90 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Veppalodai · ■ Ottapidaram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**80%

Tap water ****100%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**71%

Use banking services ****44%**

**46%

Television ****88%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**8%

Own their home ****78%**

**87%

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 Veppalodai?

■ Veppalodai · ■ Ottapidaram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**80.3%

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

**1003

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1044**

**960

Working population ****49.6%**

**50.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 67.2% for women. 59% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 399 (28%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 904 (63%) · **■** Marginal 66 (5%)

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 Ottapidaram

- Passuvandanai4,186 people
- Eppodumvendran3,659 people
- Kulasekaranallur3,187 people
- Ackanaickenpatti3,146 people
- Swaminatham2,598 people
- Sindalakottai2,430 people
- Marudanvalvoonaraikinar2,269 people
- Savarimangalam2,201 people

[All 63 villages in Ottapidaram](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thoothukkudi/ottapidaram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Veppalodai?628903
- How far is Veppalodai from Thoothukkudi?22 km by road
- What is the population of Veppalodai?2,892 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Veppalodai in?Thoothukkudi district (Ottapidaram sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Veppalodai?74.3% (Census 2011)