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ARAKKONAM CONSTITUENCY

Fahad Hussain, INN/Chennai, @Infodeaofficial  

Arakkonam is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu.

                           ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY

 Tiruttani
 Arakkonam (SC)
 Sholinghur
 Katpadi
 Ranipet
 Arcot

Party Name.           LS Constituency                Candidate Name

BSP.                          Arakkonam.                        D.Doss

                  DMK.                        Arakkonam.                        S.Jagathrakshakan

PMK.                  Arakkonam.                A.k.Moorty

One of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu, the constituency of Arakkonam was formed in 1977 and currently comprises of six Vidhan Sabha segments and 1,098,607 voters. 1,098,607 is the total electorate count in the Arakkonam Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 7). Out of these 549,749 number of electorates are males and the remaining 548,858 are belong to the female category as the Election commission of India 2009 reports suggest.

The city of Arakkonam is located in the Vellore District about 70 km from Chennai. As per 2011 census, it has a total population of over 78,000 of which about 38,600 are males and about 39,200 are females. It has a sex ratio of 989 females per 1000 males and a child population of 8,218. Tamil and English are the commonly used languages. 

About 25% of the population belongs to SC category. With an average literacy rate of 88%, the city has a male literacy rate of 86% and a female literacy rate of over 80%. There are several schools and colleges located here. It has an extensive network of roads and railways and the district’s third largest railway junction is here. The district is connected to the National Highways, NH-46 and NH-234, enabling the city to have access to a large and extensive road network.

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