Vellakoil

Vellakovil is a municipal town in Kangeyam taluk of Tirupur District, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on National Highway 81 between Trichy and Coimbatore. The town is spread in an area of 64.75 km2. As of 2011, the town had a population of 40,359. Kannapuram village located near to this town is famous for Kangeyam breed cattle market that happens on every year during Mariyamman temple festival in the month of April. It is an industrialized town with traditional agriculture being the occupation for most of the people. It holds lot of Power looms weaving bedsheets, floor mats and cotton materials being exported to foreign countries via exporters present in Karur. Until 22 February 2009, this township was under district administration of Erode. Later it came under Tiruppur due to reorganizing of Coimbatore and Erode Districts into Coimbatore, Erode and Tiruppur Districts. This municipal town has a population of 58,142 with 15,120 households according to 2022 estimation. Vellakovil Village Panchyat was established in 1938. The panchayat town was established in 1954 and upgraded to first grade panchayat town in 1963 further upgrades to selection grade panchayat town in 1982. The municipality was established in 2004 and upgraded to second grade municipality in 2010. Vellakovil is located at . It has an average elevation of . According to 2011 census, Vellakovil had a population of 40,359 with a sex-ratio of 1,002 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 3,438 were under the age of six, constituting 1,787 males and 1,651 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 16.28% and 0.05% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 74.37%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of 12,157 households. There were a total of 22,053 workers, comprising 577 cultivators, 1,776 main agricultural labourers, 1,077 in house hold industries, 17,098 other workers, 1,525 marginal workers, 30 marginal cultivators, 164 marginal agricultural labourers, 83 marginal workers in household industries and 1,248 other marginal workers.