Socio-cultural Processes and Livelihood Patterns at Tirurangadi - CDS

number of computer institutes. Literacy movement has been very active in the area, and
as a result, although we may find illiterates from the elderly generation and among
women, illiterates among the age group up to sixty are few. There are a large number of
Anganwadis and nursery schools for the age-group up to six years. There are also 3
schools for mentally retarded. The health care facilities have also improved; there are a
number of private hospitals besides a Taluk hospital and a number of practitioners of
modern medicine. Besides there are hospitals for Ayurveda, Homeopathy, naturopathy,
‘holistic medicine’ and also surviving centers for nattuvaidyam and marma chikitsa.
There are 4 Government and fourteen private Ayurveda hospitals, and two dispensaries.
There are also two Government homeo hospitals and five private homeo hospitals,
besides, one dispensary. There are also five veterinary hospitals. Besides, a large number
of people go to the Medical College hospital and other major hospitals in Calicut. There
are about twenty libraries and reading rooms and a number of arts and sports clubs.
Besides, there are a number of people teaching children music, dance and other forms as
a profession.
Panchayat
Table LXII
Other services-1971 Other services-1991
Male Female Total male female total
%ge
variation
Tirurangadi 766 200 966 900 383 1283 32.82
Thenhippalam 715 200 915 1568 671 2239 144.70
Parappanangadi 930 253 1183 1313 568 1881 59.00
Vallikkunnu 697 119 816 1126 403 1529 87.38
Munniyur 440 88 528 714 284 998 89.01
Nannambra 300 59 359 448 201 649 80.78