# Manikollai Village, Chidambaram, Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Chidambaram, Cuddalore 

# Manikollai

Manikollai is a village in Chidambaram sub-district of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **608501**. The 2011 Census counted **1,910 people in 511 households**, the 55th largest of 171 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 1,910people (2011)
- 511households
- 76.0%literacy
- 608501PIN code

## Manikollai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Manikollai is 608501.** Manikollai falls in Chidambaram sub-district, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code608501
- Gram panchayatManikollai
- Community development blockParangipettai
- Census village code636753

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Manikollai from nearby towns?

- Chidambaram (sub-district HQ)19 km by road
- Cuddalore (district HQ)28 km by road
- Parangipettai (nearest town)7 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Manikollai?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Manikollai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Silambimangalam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Mutlur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chinnakummatti
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Manikollai known for?

About 45% of the 332 hectares of village land is sown, and 99 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Manikollai

Of every 100 households in Manikollai in 2011, 89 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Manikollai · ■ Chidambaram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**69%

Tap water ****27%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**70%

Use banking services ****41%**

**44%

Television ****86%**

**89%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**5%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Manikollai?

■ Manikollai · ■ Chidambaram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**899

Working population ****46.9%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 67.2% for women. 56% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 123 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 262 (29%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 212 (24%) · **■** Marginal 279 (31%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chidambaram

- Kezhamungiladi1,957 people
- Poovalai1,946 people
- Sathappadi1,926 people
- Ayyanurakkaramangalam1,918 people
- Kannangudi1,905 people
- Kulakudi1,902 people
- Nathamedu1,860 people
- Kathazhai1,859 people

[All 174 villages in Chidambaram](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/cuddalore/chidambaram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Manikollai?608501
- How far is Manikollai from Cuddalore?28 km by road
- What is the population of Manikollai?1,910 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manikollai in?Cuddalore district (Chidambaram sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Manikollai?76.0% (Census 2011)
