# Vellai Village, Cheyyar, Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/tiruvannamalai/cheyyar/vellai/ Village · Cheyyar, Tiruvannamalai # Vellai Vellai is a village in Cheyyar sub-district of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **604401**. The 2011 Census counted **457 people in 123 households**, the 194th largest of 215 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%. - 457people (2011) - 123households - 61.7%literacy - 604401PIN code ## Vellai PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Vellai is 604401.** Vellai falls in Cheyyar sub-district, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu. - PIN code604401 - Gram panchayatVellai - Community development blockAnakkavur - Census village code631359 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Vellai from nearby towns? - Tiruvethipuram (sub-district HQ)4 km by road - Tiruvannamalai (district HQ)92 km by road - Tiruvethipuram (nearest town)4 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 Vellai? 11 services counted by the Census are inside Vellai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn 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 · Cheyyatraivendran - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Thiruvethipuram - ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Thiruvethipuram - ○Primary health centre5–10 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensary5–10 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and hand pumps - 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 Vellai known for? The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and ground nut**. About 26% of the 177 hectares of village land is sown, and 45 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 Vellai Of every 100 households in Vellai in 2011, 92 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 80 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Vellai · ■ Cheyyar rural average Electricity for lighting ****92%** **94% Toilet within the home ****6%** **12% No toilet (open defecation) ****94%** **87% Tap water ****99%** **90% Drinking water within premises ****56%** **24% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****80%** **29% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****18%** **69% Use banking services ****31%** **43% Television ****86%** **88% Mobile phone ****51%** **56% Computer with internet ****0%** **1% Two-wheeler ****20%** **21% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****12%** **6% Own their home ****97%** **95% 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 Vellai? ■ Vellai · ■ Cheyyar rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%** **74.3% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961** **992 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037** **965 Working population ****63.0%** **54.1% ### Women and men Literacy is 72.3% for men and 50.5% for women. 64% of men and 62% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 20 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (21%) · **■** Household industry 19 (7%) · **■** Other work 57 (20%) · **■** Marginal 131 (45%) 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 Cheyyar - Mariyanallur506 people - Vayalathur505 people - Mel Kolathur496 people - Melputhur459 people - Vazhavandal444 people - Chithamur437 people - Melboodri431 people - Siruvanjipattu405 people [All 217 villages in Cheyyar](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/tiruvannamalai/cheyyar/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Vellai?604401 - How far is Vellai from Tiruvannamalai?92 km by road - What is the population of Vellai?457 (Census 2011) - Which district is Vellai in?Tiruvannamalai district (Cheyyar sub-district), Tamil Nadu - What is the literacy rate of Vellai?61.7% (Census 2011)