About Manikkal Village

Manikkal is a mid sized village in Chengam tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 848, made up of 425 males and 423 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikkal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikkal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Chengam
Pincode	606703
Area (hectares)	398.73 hectares
Population	848
Male Population	425
Female Population	423
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 56 km distance

How Manikkal compares

By the 2011 count Manikkal is the 94th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents. Its 398.73 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Manikkal

Manikkal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Manikkal 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 56 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Manikkal from other places

Manikkal lies about 39 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Samalpatti, about 30 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 Manikkal
Tehsil headquarters	Chengam	18 km
Nearest railway station	Samalpatti	30 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	39 km

Villages closest to Manikkal

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

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Common questions about Manikkal

As per the Census of India 2011, Manikkal village had a population of 848. That makes it the 94th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents.

Manikkal village has 425 males and 423 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikkal has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Manikkal is 606703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikkal covers 398.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikkal falls under Chengam tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Manikkal is Samalpatti, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 56 km distance.

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

Manikkal is about 39 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikkal is in Chengam tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Chengam is about 18 km away. Samalpatti is about 30 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.