Quite a number of towns and cities have developed in the soils of India. In case of Tamil Nadu state the same phenomenon is valid. One such significant town is Naranapuram. In fact it is an example of panchayat town. It is situated in the district of Virudhunagar of the same state of the country.
It becomes quite essential for Naranapuram to catch hold of its demographical traits first so that a person identifies its true characteristics. Keeping pace with its tradition, quite a handful of demographers have conducted numerous surveys and research works and thus prepared extensive reports accordingly. A special mentioning may be made of the Census report that has been brought out in the year 2001. As per this report the total population of Naranapuram has been counted to be 9342. Delving deep into this report, one also can decipher the status of males, females and also that of children. Interestingly, in Naranapuram females are more than their male counterparts. In other words, female populace constitutes 51 % of the population. However males only comprises of 51 % of the total population. In Naranapuram, 13 % of the total population is below six years of age.
Few lines about the literacy condition of Naranapuram also have been penned down in this report. Its average literacy rate constitutes 63 %. Thus it is even higher than that of Indian subcontinent as a whole thus conforming Naranapuram`s development. 59.5 % is the country`s average literacy rate. Moreover, the inclination of males towards education is established from its high male literacy rate. Male literacy is 73 %. In comparison female literacy is 55 %, which is less than that of males.
(Last Updated on : 7/02/2009)