Narayanavanam
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| name = Narayanavanam
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| native_name_lang = te
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| settlement_type = Census Town
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| coordinates = {{coord|13.42|N|79.58|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Andhra Pradesh
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Tirupati
| subdivision_type3 = Mandal
| subdivision_name3 = Narayanavanam
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| area_total_km2 = 1.68
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| elevation_m = 120
| population_total = 11253
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = Telugu
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 517581
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| area_code = +91–8577
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Narayanavanam is a census town in Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Narayanavanam mandal in Sri Kalahasti revenue division.{{cite web |title=Chittoor District Mandals |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf|publisher=Census of India |accessdate=19 June 2015|pages=476, 515}} The town is known for Kalyana Venkateswara Temple dedicated to Lord Venkateswara and constructed in 1541 AD.{{cite book | title = Tourist Guide to Andhra Pradesh| publisher = Sura Books | isbn = 9788174781765 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=E4l78qG3TkAC&dq=nagalapuram&pg=PA23}} This is the place where Lord Sri Venkateswara and Padmavathi Ammavaru marriage was happened.
Geography
Narayanavanam is located at {{Coord|13.42|N|79.58|E|}}.[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Narayanavanam.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Narayanavanam] It has an average elevation of {{convert|122|metres}}.
Narayanavanam is {{convert|35|km}} from Tirupati, {{convert|95|km}} from Chennai in Tamil Nadu and {{convert|5|km}} from Puttur, the departure point for buses to the temple town Narayanavanam and Kailasa Kona Falls.
Demographics
At the 2011 India census,{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}} Narayanavanam had a population of 37,041 (50% male and 50% female). The average literacy rate was 64%, lower than the national average of 74%: male literacy was 72% and female literacy 56%. 11% of the population were under 6 years of age. Telugu is the official language of the town.
Education
Primary and secondary school education is provided by government, aided and private schools, under the state's School Education Department.{{cite web|title=School Education Department|url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=7 November 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107220545/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2016}}
- {{cite web|title=The Department of School Education|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/|accessdate=7 November 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155331/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/|archivedate=7 November 2016}} The medium of instruction followed by different schools is English and Telugu.
See also
References
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