Vellad Explained

Vellad
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:India Kerala
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:12.162°N 75.4956°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kerala
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kannur
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:80.94
Population Total:25,875
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Malayalam, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:670571
Registration Plate:KL 59
Iso Code:IN-KL

Vellad is a large village in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.[1]

Demographics

As of 2011 census, Vellad had a population of 25,875 with 12,985 (50.2%) males and 12,890 (49.8%) females. Vellad village spreads over an area of with 6,229 families residing in it. Average sex ratio was 993 lower than the state average of 1084. In Vellad, 9.7% of the population was under 6 years of age. Vellad had an average literacy of 95.85% higher than the state average of 94.00%; male literacy was 97% and female literacy was 94.7%.[2]

Economy

The population depends on agriculture for their livelihood. The main commercial cash crop is rubber. There are two high schools within a radius of 3 km.

Transportation

The national highway passes through Taliparamba town. Goa and Mumbai can be accessed to the north and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram to the south. Taliparamba has a bus station and buses are available to all parts of Kannur district. The road to the east of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore, but buses to these cities are available only from Kannur, 22 km to the south.

The nearest railway stations are Kannapuram and Kannur on the Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet.

There are airports at Kannur, Mangalore and Calicut. All three are International airports with direct flights available only to Middle Eastern countries.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population data - Villages with population 5000 & above . www.censusindia.gov.in . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx . 8 December 2008 . dead.
  2. Book: Kerala . Directorate of Census Operations . District Census Handbook, Kannur . Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala . Thiruvananthapuram . 154,155 . 14 July 2020.