Dharapadavedu

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] 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. As per the religious census of 2011, Dharapadavedu had 83.61% Hindus, 5.23% Muslims, 10.52% Christians, 0.02% Sikhs, 0.05% Buddhists, 0.15% Jains, 0.42% following other religions and 0.% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.^[2]