According to the census report of 2001, the town is home to 13,026 people, inclusive of 47% males, 53% females and 11% children less than 6 years of age. 86% of the males and 83% of the females are literate, making the town's mean literacy rate of 85%, quite higher than the national average of 59.5%. C. N. Karunakaran, a globally prominent painter of Indian origin was born in 1940 at Brahmakulam. He is the Chairman of the Kerala Lalitakala Academy. |