page_title: Kolappalur
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Kolappalur / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Vayalveli in Periya kolappalur
context_page_description: Kolappalur is a city in Gobi Taluk in Erode district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
context_section_description: According to the 2001 India census, Kolappalur had a population of 8,717. Males constituted 50% of the population and females 50%.  Kolappalur had an average literacy rate of 89%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 92% and female literacy was 86%.  In Kolappalur, 20% of the population were under 6 years of age. There are ghosts which are often sighted at night time around the forest areas which surround the city. People in this area believe it to be the ghosts of the ancestors, who once lived in the village.
caption: vayalveli
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