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About Manalur Village

Manalur is a mid sized village in Sankarankoil tehsil, in the district of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,684, made up of 799 males and 885 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 889.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 627756, 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 Tirunelveli
Tehsil Sankarankoil
Pincode 627756
Area (hectares) 889.72 hectares
Population 1,684
Male Population 799
Female Population 885
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,108
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 61st largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,442 residents. Its 889.72 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1034.

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 8.9 km from Tirunelveli, and the nearest railway station is Sengulam, about 5.6 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 Sengulam 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sankarankoil 8.9 km
District headquarters Tirunelveli 8.9 km

Villages closest to Manalur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sankarankoil 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 1,684. That makes it the 61st largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,442 residents.

Manalur village has 799 males and 885 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manalur has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Manalur is 627756. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manalur covers 889.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manalur falls under Sankarankoil tehsil of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Manalur is Sengulam, about 5.6 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 8.9 km from Tirunelveli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manalur is in Sankarankoil tehsil of Tirunelveli district. Sengulam is about 5.6 km away. Sankarankoil is about 8.9 km away. Tirunelveli is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alangulam (3.0 km), Kalppakulam (4.5 km) and A Karisalkulam (9.5 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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