Ashokapuram is a part of the city of

Coimbatore Coimbatore (Tamil: kōyamputtūr, ), also known as Kovai (), is one of the major Metropolitan cities of India, metropolitan cities in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyy ...

in the state of

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, located 12 km north of the city center. Ashokapuram is located on a stretch of the Mettupalayam road in Coimbatore. Neighbouring places include

Thudiyalur Thudiyalur is a neighborhood in the city of Coimbatore, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is about north of Town Hall, Coimbatore, Town Hall. Thudiyalur is one of the fast-growing neighbourhoods of Coimbatore, due to the presence of many ...

and NGGO Colony.

Demographics

As of 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 ...

, Ashokapuram had a population of 9676. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ashokapuram has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; 53% of males and 47% of females are literate. 7% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

Neighbourhoods in Coimbatore {{Coimbatore-geo-stub