Northeast monsoon likely to be normal over Tamil Nadu: IMD
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Mangarai observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Tamil Nadu.
The principal temple recorded for Dindigulwest mandal is Pallikonda Perumal Temple, Malayadippatti. No temple of this dedication is on record within Mangarai itself.
Golu: an odd number of steps holding dolls, and women invited each evening for sundal, kumkum and a gift. Saraswati Puja on Navami and Vidyarambham on Vijayadashami.
The regional form observed across Tamil Nadu. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Mangarai ranks #13 of 22 villages in Dindigulwest mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mangarai is a village of 3,162 people in 839 households (Census 2011) in Dindigulwest taluk, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, the 13th-largest of 22 villages in Dindigulwest taluk. Literacy is 59%, 6 points below the taluk average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,018 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 624622, served by Reddiarchatram post office; the LGD village code is 635350. The village votes in Gandarvakottai assembly constituency, represented by MLA N. Subramanian. The population is estimated at 3,728 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mangarai →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
Centred on Dindigulwest mandal
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