About Dharapadavedu ( Dharapadavedu )

Dharapadavedu (Tamil:)is a locality and zone headquarter (katpadi) in Vellore Municipal Corporation in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Vellore-Katpadi Railway junction is located here.It is also a part of katpadi locality. But Vellore corporation zonal office (zone-1) is located here. As of 2001 India census, Dharapadavedu had a population of 30,238. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Dharapadavedu has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85% and, female literacy is 74%. In Dharapadavedu, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.