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About Manalur Village

Manalur is a large village in Sankarapuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,066, made up of 1,093 males and 973 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 431.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605702, 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 Viluppuram
Tehsil Sankarapuram
Pincode 605702
Area (hectares) 431.09 hectares
Population 2,066
Male Population 1,093
Female Population 973
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
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 70th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 431.09 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

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 61 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Tandarai, about 26 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 Sankarapuram 14 km
Nearest railway station Tandarai 26 km
Nearest town Tiruvannamalai 28 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 61 km

Villages closest to Manalur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sankarapuram 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 2,066. That makes it the 70th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Manalur village has 1,093 males and 973 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manalur has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Manalur is 605702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manalur covers 431.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manalur falls under Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Manalur is Tandarai, about 26 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 61 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manalur is in Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Sankarapuram is about 14 km away. Tandarai is about 26 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vadaponparappi (2.3 km), Rayasamudram (2.5 km) and Ulagalappadi (2.7 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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