# Venkatapuram Village, Wallajah, Vellore (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Wallajah, Vellore 

# Venkatapuram

Venkatapuram is a village in Wallajah sub-district of Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **631011**. The 2011 Census counted **1,419 people in 369 households**, the 54th largest of 69 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 1,419people (2011)
- 369households
- 82.6%literacy
- 631011PIN code

## Venkatapuram PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Venkatapuram is 631011.** Venkatapuram falls in Wallajah sub-district, Vellore district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code631011
- Gram panchayatVenkatapuram
- Community development blockSholingur
- Census village code630487

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

## How far is Venkatapuram from nearby towns?

- Wallajah (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Vellore (district HQ)50 km by road
- Sholingur (nearest town)10 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 Venkatapuram?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Venkatapuram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Engineering collegeIn village · 1 private
- ●PolytechnicIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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 · Kodakkal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Walajapet
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Ammur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 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 Venkatapuram known for?

The main crops are **paddy, ground nut and sugarcane**. Products made here include automobile spare parts, spare parts for bhel and wooden furnitures. About 31% of the 471 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 Venkatapuram

Of every 100 households in Venkatapuram in 2011, 94 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 81 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Venkatapuram · ■ Wallajah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**75%

Tap water ****100%**

**92%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****81%**

**48%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****17%**

**50%

Use banking services ****21%**

**41%

Television ****89%**

**90%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**33%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

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

**5%

Own their home ****88%**

**89%

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 Venkatapuram?

■ Venkatapuram · ■ Wallajah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.6%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**1001

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**933

Working population ****48.3%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 73.1% for women. 59% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (6%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 208 (30%) · **■** Marginal 380 (55%)

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 Wallajah

- Melveeranam1,669 people
- Sathambakkam1,649 people
- Thengal1,480 people
- Bagaveli1,456 people
- Musiri1,397 people
- Katharikuppam1,307 people
- Kesavanan Kuppam1,169 people
- Kadappanthangal1,111 people

[All 73 villages in Wallajah](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/vellore/wallajah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Venkatapuram?631011
- How far is Venkatapuram from Vellore?50 km by road
- What is the population of Venkatapuram?1,419 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Venkatapuram in?Vellore district (Wallajah sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Venkatapuram?82.6% (Census 2011)
