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About Manalur Village

Manalur is a mid sized village in Valangaiman tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,944, made up of 1,004 males and 940 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 353.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614302, 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 Thiruvarur
Tehsil Valangaiman
Pincode 614302
Area (hectares) 353.08 hectares
Population 1,944
Male Population 1,004
Female Population 940
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Manalur compares

By the 2011 count Manalur is the 11th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,323 residents. Its 353.08 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

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 <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 40 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Papanasam, about 4.5 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
Nearest railway station Papanasam 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Valangaiman 11 km
Nearest town Kumbakonam 14 km
District headquarters Thiruvarur 40 km

Villages closest to Manalur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Valangaiman 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 1,944. That makes it the 11th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,323 residents.

Manalur village has 1,004 males and 940 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manalur has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Manalur is 614302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manalur covers 353.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manalur falls under Valangaiman tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Manalur is Papanasam, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Manalur.

Manalur is about 40 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manalur is in Valangaiman tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Papanasam is about 4.5 km away. Valangaiman is about 11 km away. Kumbakonam is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Velur (under 2 km), Madhagaram (1.6 km) and Eri (1.7 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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