Ramapuram, Chennai
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| Coordinates | 13°01′30″N 80°11′05″E / 13.025°N 80.1847°ECoordinates: 13°01′30″N 80°11′05″E / 13.025°N 80.1847°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District(s) | Chennai |
| Population | 30,251 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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Ramapuram is a suburb of Chennai, India. It is situated on the Mount-Poonamallee Road at a distance of 3 kilometres from Guindy. Ramapuram forms a part of Kanchipuram district.
Ramapuram is one of the fastest developing suburbs of Chennai and is known for its IT Parks.
[edit] Geography
The former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. M.G.Ramachandran's residence was in Ramavaram. The place known as "MGR Gardens" now houses a school for the deaf and dumb children.
Ramavaram is also famous for the Lakshmi Narasimha Perumal Temple (Lakshmi Narasimhan idol is approximately 2000 years old). Ramavaram is in the out-skirts of chennai, which seems to be pollution less with no water problem. It is surrounded with big hospitals like MIOT, SRM & Rakshit hospital. This place has many nationalised banks & ATM centers (like Bank of Baroda, UTI, ICICI & SBI). Contus Support Interactive Pvt. Ltd, L&T Infotech, DLF IT PARK is located in Ramapuram, the coolest place to be for an IT-Professional.For education Ramapuram has SRM UNIVERSITY which is a popular Indian University.It offers bachelors and masters degree in Engineering Technology,Dentistry,Management,etc. SRM EASWARI Engineering college is also located in this campus,which is affilated to Anna University,Chennai.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[1] Ramavaram had a population of 35,251. Males constitute 47% of the population and females 53%. Ramavaram 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 Ramavaram, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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