 Vettavalam is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.The Vettavalam Town Panchayat has population of 15,506 of which 7,681 are males while 7,825 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1709 which is 11.02% of total population of Vettavalam (TP).