By population, Velampalayam ranks #23 of 25 villages in Modakkurichi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Velampalayam is a village of 360 people in 120 households (Census 2011) in Modakkurichi taluk, Erode district, Tamil Nadu, the 23rd-largest of 25 villages in Modakkurichi taluk. Literacy is 61%, 6 points below the taluk average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,034 women per 1,000 men. It lies 66 km from the Erode district centre, 11 km from Thekkalur, the nearest town, 4 km from Tiruppur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 638104, served by Modakurichi post office; the LGD village code is 635044. The nearest hospital or health centre is Niranjana Hospital Anupparpalayam,Tiruppur, <1 km away. The village votes in Modakkurichi assembly constituency, represented by MLA D.Shanmugan. The population is estimated at 424 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velampalayam · this village | 360 | 61% | — |
| Velampalayam · Modakkurichi | 3,748 | 62% | 0 km N |
| Semmandampalayam · Sulur | 5,970 | 69% | 7 km SW |
| Avinashi · Avinashi | — | — | 7.6 km NW |
| Perumanallur · Walajabad | 438 | 63% | 9.3 km NE |
| Perumanallur · Pallipattu | 5,313 | 58% | 9.3 km NE |
| Thekkalur · Avinashi | 12,688 | 71% | 11.4 km W |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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