# Menallur Village, Cheyyar, Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Cheyyar, Tiruvannamalai 

# Menallur

Menallur is a village in Cheyyar sub-district of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **631702**. The 2011 Census counted **1,444 people in 363 households**, the 75th largest of 215 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 1,444people (2011)
- 363households
- 73.4%literacy
- 631702PIN code

## Menallur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Menallur is 631702.** Menallur falls in Cheyyar sub-district, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code631702
- Gram panchayatMenallur
- Community development blockVembakkam
- Census village code631259

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

## How far is Menallur from nearby towns?

- Tiruvethipuram (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Tiruvannamalai (district HQ)108 km by road
- Sevilimedu (nearest town)10 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 Menallur?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Menallur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Kancheepuram
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Iyengarkulam
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 15 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 Menallur known for?

The main crops are **paddy and ground nut**. Products made here include clay pots and silk. About 26% of the 244 hectares of village land is sown, and 62 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 Menallur

Of every 100 households in Menallur in 2011, 96 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Menallur · ■ Cheyyar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**87%

Tap water ****98%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**69%

Use banking services ****32%**

**43%

Television ****92%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**6%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Menallur?

■ Menallur · ■ Cheyyar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****987**

**965

Working population ****40.4%**

**54.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 66.8% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 170 (29%) · **■** Household industry 41 (7%) · **■** Other work 180 (31%) · **■** Marginal 126 (22%)

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 Cheyyar

- Veliyanallur1,538 people
- Vengodu1,526 people
- Mel Nemili1,457 people
- Vadathinallur1,445 people
- Alathurai1,437 people
- Kunnathur1,433 people
- Ramakrishnapuram1,422 people
- Nedumpirai1,418 people

[All 217 villages in Cheyyar](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/tiruvannamalai/cheyyar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Menallur?631702
- How far is Menallur from Tiruvannamalai?108 km by road
- What is the population of Menallur?1,444 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Menallur in?Tiruvannamalai district (Cheyyar sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Menallur?73.4% (Census 2011)
