Brahmana Periya-Agraharam is a neighborhood in the city of
Erode,
Tamil Nadu
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, India. It functioned as an independent
Village Panchayat until the corporation expansion in 2011. It is now a part of
Erode Municipal Corporation. It is located 7 km from
Erode Junction and 4 km from
Central Bus Terminus, Erode.
Demographics
At the 2001 India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
,
Brahmana Periya (BP) Agraharam had a population of 27,275. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Brahmana Periya-Agraharam had an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 71% and female literacy of 57%. 12% of the population were under 6 years of age.
References
Neighbourhoods in Erode
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