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Palani Village, Palani, Tamil Nadu, India
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 635442
- Pincode
- 624103
- Post office
- Kodaikanal Observatory
- Population
- 8,117
- Households
- 2,223
- Literacy rate
- 61.6%
- Sex ratio
- 950 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 5,133
- Distance to district centre
- 88 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 40 km
- Distance to Chennai
- 450 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 307 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bodinayakkanur · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Health Center · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mannavanur compares
By population, Mannavanur ranks #2 of 17 villages in Kodaikanal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.6%
−4.4% vs mandal average
Mannavanur61.6%
Kodaikanal mandal66.0%
Dindigul district68.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
950
−31 vs mandal average
Mannavanur950
Kodaikanal mandal981
Household size
people per home
3.7
Same as the mandal average
Mannavanur3.7
Kodaikanal mandal3.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mannavanur at a glance
Mannavanur is a village of 8,117 people in 2,223 households (Census 2011) in Kodaikanal taluk, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, the 2nd-largest of 17 villages in Kodaikanal taluk. Literacy is 62%, 4 points below the taluk average of 66% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. It lies 88 km from the Dindigul district centre, 18 km from Vilpatti, the nearest town, 23 km from Bodinayakkanur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 624103, served by Kodaikanal Observatory post office; the LGD village code is 635442. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school. The village votes in Palani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ravimanoharan. K. The population is estimated at 9,570 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mannavanur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannavanur · this village | 8,117 | 62% | — |
| Kilavarai · Pethanaickanpalayam | 55 | 0% | 3.9 km W |
| Kukkal · Udhagamandalam | 5,219 | 68% | 6.7 km N |
| Poombarai · Kodaikanal | 5,574 | 64% | 7.8 km NE |
| Vattavada · Devikulam | 3,292 | 67% | 11.4 km SW |
| Keezhanthoor · Devikulam | 4,205 | 67% | 13.5 km W |
| Kodaikanal · Kodaikanal | 2,831 | 74% | 16 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mannavanur
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 2
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 1
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KODAIKANAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 105
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 32
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mannavanur
- Total area (ha)
- 3,072.56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 334.46
- Forest area (ha)
- 19.46
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mannavanur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mannavanur
- LGD code
- 635442
- Pincode
- 624103
- Post office
- Kodaikanal Observatory
- Population (Census 2011)
- 8,117
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9,570
- Households
- 2,223
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 950
- Literacy rate
- 61.6%
- Coordinates
- 10.22408°N, 77.34643°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dindigul
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Palani
- Member of Parliament
- R. Sachidanandam
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ravimanoharan. K
- Block / Mandal
- Kodaikanal
- Nearest bank
- Punjab National Bank (0.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Mannavanur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Chennai450 kmcapital
- Bengaluru307 km
- Hyderabad806 km
- Mumbai1095 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBodinayakkanur23 km
- Bus stopMannavanur Pirivu stop<1 km
- Hospital / PHCHealth Center11 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum16 km
- CollegeKodaikanal institute of technology26 km
- Police stationDYSP Police station16 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Mannavanur Pirivu stopunder 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- Punjab National Bankunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Mannavanur
3 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 624103
Villages near Mannavanur
Other villages in Kodaikanal mandal
View all 17 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-28
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)