Manimutharu is a
panchayat town in
Tirunelveli district in the
India
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n
state of
Tamil Nadu
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.
Demographics
According to the 2001 Indian
census
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,
Manimutharu had a population of 50,000. The female/male ratio was 2:1. Manimutharu had an average
literacy rate
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of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. The literacy rate was equal between males and females. In Manimutharu, 11% of the population was under 6 years of age.
Villages
* Chettimedu
* Aladiyoor
* Ayan Singampatti
* Cash Keeper Thoppu
* Adivaram (Mill Gate)
* Mela Ermalpuram
* Jamin Singampatti
* Korayarkulam
* Manimutharu
* Manjolai (Tea Estate)
* Thirupathiyapuram
* Vempaiyapuram
* Kudhira Mukku
* keela Earmalpuram

Manjolai Hills
With elevations ranging from , the Manjolai area is set deep in the
Western Ghats within the
Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in
Tirunelveli District. Located on top of the Manimuthar Dam and the Manimuthar waterfalls, the Manjolai area comprises
tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northe ...
plantations and small settlements around them, Upper Kodaiyar Dam and a windy viewpoint called Kuthiravetti.
The tea plantations and the whole of Manjolai estates are operated by the
Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation on forest lands leased from the government of
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
. The three tea estates within the Manjolai area are Manjolai Estate, Manimutharu Estate and Oothu Estate. The estates are at elevations between 2300 feet and 4200 feet.
Schools
* Saraswathi Isac Primary School, Thirupathiyapuram
* Rich Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chettimedu
* Ganthi Primary School, Chettimedu
* Government Middle School, Aladiyoor
* Avvaiyar Elementary School, Mela Earmalpuram.
* Manimutharu Higher Secondary School, Manimuthar
* Murugathsa Elementary School, Keela Earmalpuram
References
Cities and towns in Tirunelveli district
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