Top 10 Indian Towns With Highest Television-Watchers
Posted on August 5, 2008 in Travel by Prarthna
One of the most amazing things that you’ll find about Indian households is that living under the poverty line is not much of a worry than not owning a television or a washing machine is! Yes, non-metro or rural towns and cities have also understood the importance of technology or becoming a part of the stereotypical population that flaunts the latest gadgets and gizmos.
Okay, that was just the tip of the iceberg, how about the iceberg itself – the Indian mobile industry claims that as many as 155 million owners of mobile phones are non-metro users. To top it all, about 40% of the 50000 downloads costing worth 40 rupees each, were done by people living in rural areas. How impressive is that? With rural India becoming hip and happening, you’d be surprised to discover some of the most insignificant towns with the highest television exposure.
Top 10 Indian Towns With Highest Television-Watchers
Listed below are the names of the towns with highest television exposure (in terms of per 1000 of the population):
- Panaji (Goa): Panaji, the capital city of Goa which hosts a population of about 65000 people is reported to be the town with the highest exposure to television accounting for as many as 994 per 1000 of the population.
- Kunnakulam (Kerala): Kunnamkulam comes next with 991 per 1000 population for the highest television exposure.
- Udaipur (Rajasthan): Udaipur also known as the Venice of the East or the City of Lakes ranks third with 980 persons per 1000 of the population.
- Ganga Ghat (Uttar Pradesh): Ganga Ghat (holiest spot of Varanasi) comes fourth with 957 persons per 1000 of the population.
- Tiruppur (Tamil Nadu): Tiruppur (fastest textile city in Tamil Nadu) ranks 5th with 956 persons per 1000 of the population.
- Alwar (Rajasthan): Ranking 6th is Alwar (the princely state of Alwar as it called) with 954 persons per 1000 of the population.
- Ajmer (Rajasthan): Ajmer with a population of about 5 lacs and surrounded by the Aravali mountains ranks 7th with 954 persons per 1000 of the population.
- Patiala (Punjab): Patiala, regarded as one of the princely cities of Punjab ranks 8th with 953 persons per 1000 of the population.
- Erode (Tamil Nadu): Erode, an important trading cum marketing hub for turmeric, textiles, handloom, etc ranks 9th with 946 persons per 1000 of the population.
- Bikaner (Rajasthan): Finally, Bikaner, an important farming center for crops like mustard, wheat and cotton ranks 10th with as many as 945 persons per 1000 people.
Notice carefully, most of the towns with highest television exposure are rural areas like Rajasthan. Does that mean that people here are more aware of things? No, this implies that they are more vulnerable to things, be it politics, fashion, anything. Whatever be it, the statistics show a sheer curiosity of societies living in still developing states of India which are taking a pledge to be known and made known to the world.
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