# Mandapasalai Village, Aruppukkottai, Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Aruppukkottai, Virudhunagar 

# Mandapasalai

Mandapasalai is a village in Aruppukkottai sub-district of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **626118**. The 2011 Census counted **4,691 people in 1,358 households**, the 5th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.3%.

- 4,691people (2011)
- 1,358households
- 88.2%literacy
- 626118PIN code

## Mandapasalai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Mandapasalai is 626118.** Mandapasalai falls in Aruppukkottai sub-district, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code626118
- Gram panchayatMandapasalai
- Community development blockTiruchuli
- Census village code641670

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

## How far is Mandapasalai from nearby towns?

- Aruppukkottai (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Virudhunagar (district HQ)38 km by road
- Aruppukkottai (nearest town)16 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 Mandapasalai?

28 services counted by the Census are inside Mandapasalai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn 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 · Aruppukkottai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Soolakkarai
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 8 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 Mandapasalai known for?

The main crops are **cotton, corn and maize**. About 70% of the 1,342 hectares of village land is sown, and 11 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 Mandapasalai

Of every 100 households in Mandapasalai in 2011, 96 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 45 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mandapasalai · ■ Aruppukkottai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**74%

Tap water ****98%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****45%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**65%

Use banking services ****49%**

**47%

Television ****89%**

**86%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**7%

Own their home ****74%**

**84%

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 Mandapasalai?

■ Mandapasalai · ■ Aruppukkottai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.2%**

**80.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**1008

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****995**

**949

Working population ****52.1%**

**52.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 82.5% for women. 58% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 640 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 632 (26%) · **■** Household industry 45 (2%) · **■** Other work 958 (39%) · **■** Marginal 167 (7%)

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 Aruppukkottai

- Pandalkudi10,751 people
- Palavanatham6,826 people
- Kanjanaiyakkenpatti5,479 people
- Chettikurichi4,958 people
- Poolangal3,909 people
- Sembatti3,880 people
- Villipathiri3,806 people
- Kovilangulam3,569 people

[All 75 villages in Aruppukkottai](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/virudhunagar/aruppukkottai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Mandapasalai?626118
- How far is Mandapasalai from Virudhunagar?38 km by road
- What is the population of Mandapasalai?4,691 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mandapasalai in?Virudhunagar district (Aruppukkottai sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Mandapasalai?88.2% (Census 2011)
