 According to 2011 census , Vedaranyam had a population of 34 @,@ 266 with a sex @-@ ratio of 1 @,@ 068 females for every 1 @,@ 000 males , much above the national average of 929 . A total of 3 @,@ 261 were under the age of six , constituting 1 @,@ 711 males and 1 @,@ 550 females . Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 14 @.@ 91 % and .2 % of the population respectively . The average literacy of the town was 77 @.@ 86 % , compared to the national average of 72 @.@ 99 % . The town had a total of : <unk> households . There were a total of 12 @,@ 694 workers , comprising 835 cultivators , 912 main agricultural labourers , 98 in house hold industries , 3 @,@ 440 other workers , 7 @,@ 409 marginal workers , 421 marginal cultivators , 2 @,@ 277 marginal agricultural labourers , 175 marginal workers in household industries and 4 @,@ 536 other marginal workers . As per the religious census of 2011 , Vedaranyam had 90 @.@ 17 % Hindus , 8 @.@ 93 % Muslims , 0 @.@ 74 % Christians , 0 @.@ 09 % Jains and 0 @.@ 07 % following other religions . 
