22 per cent Telugu women make the first move while choosing life partner
Hyderabad: Single Telugu women are not shying away from making the first move while expressing interest in a man. According to Telugu Matrimony, the leading matchmaking service from BharatMatrimony for the Telugu community, about 22 per cent of women are boldly making the first move while looking for a life partner. The report reveals that […]
Hyderabad: Single Telugu women are not shying away from making the first move while expressing interest in a man. According to Telugu Matrimony, the leading matchmaking service from BharatMatrimony for the Telugu community, about 22 per cent of women are boldly making the first move while looking for a life partner.
The report reveals that a total of 35 million interests were expressed to prospective life partners in the last 12 months, by both men and women. For Telugu singles, education seems to be an important criterion while choosing a bride or groom.
While 33 per cent of men are fine with a doctor as a life partner, 50 per cent of women are okay with a doctor partner. About 44 per cent of men are ok with a match who’s done Engineering, while 43 per cent of women are fine with the same. 55 per cent of men are ok with a partner from an Arts background, while 38 per cent of women are fine with the same.
Out of the total registrations, 67 per cent were men and 33 per cent were women and over 70 per cent of the profiles are registered by individuals themselves. Andhra Pradesh & Telangana constitute a majority of the registrations while the rest are from other southern states and NRIs overseas.
Outside India, the majority of brides and grooms are from the US, Canada, Australia, and UK. A little over 90 per cent were Hindus while Christians constituted nearly 8 per cent.
Revealing the progressive mindset of Telugu speaking people, the trends showed that 16.4 per cent of women were open to marrying from another caste, while 24.3 per cent for men, while 10 years ago this was in single digits.
Some of the other interesting findings are:
- The top five cities that witnessed a maximum number of marriage registrations in AP and Telangana are Hyderabad, Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, and Guntur.
- 81 per cent of the registered members live in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, 9 per cent in other Indian cities outside these states and NRI registrations are about 10 per cent.
- 49 per cent are from Andhra Pradesh and 32 per cent from Telangana
- 74.1 per cent of women who are seeking a life partner are between the ages of 23 and 32, while 72.3 per cent of men are in the age group of 23 to 32.
- The top profession listed by women who have registered on the website is “Software Professional” followed by teachers, doctors, and executives.
- In terms of educational qualification, 26 per cent of women and 22 per cent of men had engineering degrees.
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