Ramapuram, Tamil Nadu

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?Ramapuram Tamil Nadu • India
Ramapuram
Coordinates: 13°31′N 80°05′E / 13.52, 80.08
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 9 m (30 ft)
District(s)	Thiruvallur
Population	30,251 (2001)

Coordinates: 13°31′N 80°05′E / 13.52, 80.08

This article is about a town in Tamil Nadu. For other uses, see Ramapuram.

Ramapuram is a census town in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Important locations in Ramapuram are L &T Company, Easwari Engineering College and Miot hospitals. It is a great place to live. The great L & T company is here only. The most prestigious GDA Technologies Ltd. is also situated here. Big IT parks are under construction. Airport is just 20 minutes drive in bike.

[edit] Geography

Ramapuram is located at 13.52° N 80.08° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 9 metres (29 feet). Ex-Chief Minister of TamilNadu, Dr.M.G.Ramachandran stayed in this place. Ramapuram is also famous for Lakshmi Narasimha Perumal Temple ( Lakshmi Narasimhan statue is approximately 2000 years old).Ramapuram is in out-skirts of chennai, which seems to be pollution less with no water problem.This has surrounded with big hospitals like MIOT, SRM & Rakshit hospital. This place is well known for nationalised Bank & ATM centers ( like Bank of Baroda, UTI, ICICI & SBI Bank).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[2], Ramapuram had a population of 30,251. Males constitute 47% of the population and females 53%. Ramapuram has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 61%. In Ramapuram, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.