Manalmedu is a
panchayat town
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in
Mayiladuthurai district
Mayiladuthurai District is one of the youngest districts of Tamil Nadu, having been carved out from Nagapattinam district, Nagapattinam District in 2020. Tamil Nadu has 38 districts in total, and Mayiladuthurai is among them, located in the sout ...
in the
India
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state
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of
Tamil Nadu
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. It comes under
Mayiladuthurai
Mayiladuthurai (formerly known as Mayavaram or Mayuram) is a :ta:சிறப்பு நிலை நகராட்சிகள், Special Grade Municipality and district headquarters of Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu, India. The town ...
Taluk
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. The town is located 15 km from Mayiladuthurai town, 33 km from Kumbakonam and 15 km from kattumannarkoil town.
Demographics
India
census
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,
Manalmedu had a population of 10201. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Manalmedu has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 66%. In Manalmedu, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age...
The ancient name was called "Naganathapuram" by the name of Lord shiva temple shri. Naganatha swami' (naga means snake). The temple was believed to worshipped by the 'doumiya' rishi the guru of pandavas during their exile life.
The village "puthamangalam", birthplace of the famous Tamil writer, freedom fighter and pioneering journalist
Kalki Krishnamurthy
Ramaswamy Krishnamurthy (9 September 1899 – 5 December 1954), better known by his pen name Kalki, was an Indian writer, journalist, poet, critic and Indian independence activist who wrote in Tamil. He chose the pen-name "Kalki", the future i ...
, is near this panchayat. Kundrakudi Adikalar was born in this town.
Manalmedu is largely Hindu
Paraiyar
Paraiyar, Parayar or Maraiyar (formerly anglicised as Pariah and Paree) is a caste group found in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala and in Sri Lanka.
Etymology
Robert Caldwell, a nineteenth-century missionary and grammarian who w ...
and
Vanniyars being the dominant Hindu community. Konar, Naidu, Karkatha Vellalars, Kallars, Mudaliars and Chettiars are other significant communities in the town.
This panchayat town is having Two government higher secondary schools and private schools. The boys higher secondary school is one of the oldest school in this circle, which was established way back 1948. The spinning mill at Manalmedu is now functioning as the Government Arts College.
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Cities and towns in Mayiladuthurai district