Narasingapuram is a

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in Attur taluk, Salem district in the

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. As of 2011, the town had a population of 23,084.

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Narasingapuram had a population of 23,084 with a sex-ratio of 1,003 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 2,230 were under the age of six, constituting 1,122 males and 1,108 females.

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accounted for 21.05% and .98% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 74.58%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of : 6230 households. There were a total of 9,587 workers, comprising 1,545 cultivators, 2,095 main agricultural labourers, 163 in house hold industries, 5,379 other workers, 405 marginal workers, 7 marginal cultivators, 99 marginal agricultural labourers, 21 marginal workers in household industries and 278 other marginal workers. As per the religious census of 2011, Narasingapuram (M) had 93.96%

Hindus Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

, 3.76%

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...

, 2.14%

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

, 0.1%

Sikhs Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism (Sikhi), a monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ...

, 0.0%

Buddhists Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and gra ...

, 0.0%

Jains Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle being ...

, 0.04% following other religions and 0.0% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.

References

Cities and towns in Salem district {{SalemIN-geo-stub