Over the years multitudes of towns and cities have developed in the states of India. One finds no exception of this trend in the state of Tamil Nadu also. Amongst several places that have originated Kouthanallur claims to be quite a significant one. In fact this Kouthanallur city has its location in the district of Thiruvarur of Tamil Nadu state. For controlling its administration a municipality has been set up.

Due to the painstaking efforts of a handful of demographers of India, updated facts about Kouthanallur city`s demography could be brought to the limelight. Especially the Census report that has been brought out in the year 2001 is quite relevant in throwing light on certain demographical aspects like literacy rate , population status etc . According to this report, the total population of Kouthanallur has showed a count of 22,986. Moreover the individual status of males , females and also that of children who are residing in Kouthanallur can be inferred from this aforesaid report. Thus male populace constitutes 47 % , while the total population of females in Kouthanallur constitutes 53 %. It is interesting to note that female are more in number than that of males. Also children of Kouthanallur who fall into the age group of less than six years constitute 13 % of the total population.

Whether development or growth has occurred in Kouthanallur depends on its literacy condition. In other words literacy rate is a vital yardstick for measuring progress and development of the particular town. Since the average literacy rate of Kouthanallur constitutes 74 %, even higher than that of India naturally has led one to draw the inference about its prosperity and growth. In other words, 59.5 % is the average literacy rate of India. By thoroughly analyzing this report one can even get to identify the status of both male and female literacy of Kouthanallur. Males are erudite which can be proven by its high literacy rate. To be specific , 78 % and 69 % are the rates of male and female literacy in Kouthanallur.