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About Manalur Village

Manalur is a small village in Manamelkudi tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 400, made up of 185 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,162 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614620, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manalur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Pudukkottai
Tehsil Manamelkudi
Pincode 614620
Area (hectares) 329.57 hectares
Population 400
Male Population 185
Female Population 215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,162
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manalur compares

By the 2011 count Manalur is the 36th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,084 residents. Its 329.57 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Manalur

Manalur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Manalur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Manalur from other places

Manalur lies about 52 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Ayingudi, about 20 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Manalur
Tehsil headquarters Manamelkudi 8.4 km
Nearest railway station Ayingudi 20 km
Nearest town Arantāngi 23 km
District headquarters Pudukkottai 52 km

Villages closest to Manalur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Manamelkudi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Manalur

As per the Census of India 2011, Manalur village had a population of 400. That makes it the 36th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,084 residents.

Manalur village has 185 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manalur has about 1162 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Manalur is 614620. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manalur covers 329.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manalur falls under Manamelkudi tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Manalur is Ayingudi, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Manalur.

Manalur is about 52 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manalur is in Manamelkudi tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Manamelkudi is about 8.4 km away. Ayingudi is about 20 km away. Arantāngi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karamangalam (1.9 km), Vellur Siruvarai (2.8 km) and Chellappakottai (2.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Manalur today is likely to be higher.

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