Kilanavayal (Keelanavayal) is a small village of

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farmers in

Mannavanur Mannavanur (Mannavanor, Mannavannur), is a farming village of 1437 households in Mannavanor Panchayat, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, India, west from Kodaikanal It is by road from Kumbur village and from Kilanavayal village. Altitude is ...

panchayat at the far eastern end of the

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drainage basin in the

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. There is a road between Mannavanur and Kilanavayal. There is a trekking route from Mannavanur via Keelanavayal (90 mins.) to

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(3 hours) and

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(2 hours). It is in

Kodaikanal Kodaikanal () is a hill station which is located in Dindigul district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its name in the Tamil language means "The Gift of the Forest". Kodaikanal is referred to as the "Princess of Hill stations" and has a long ...

block of Dindigul district,

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state,

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Employment

Out of 124 households reporting income, the means of livelihood are: casual labour 37, sub sistence cultivation 31, artisan 56, salary 3.

Health

Drinking water for 124 households is supplied from a source within an elevation of more than 50 meters, while water for 99 households is from less than 50 meters. There is a lack of sanitary latrine facilities. Out of a total of 124 homes: 67 use open defection, 54 use a group latrine with regular water supply, none use a clean group latrine with regular water supply and a regular sweeper and only 3 use a private latrine.

Education

There is a Panchayat Union upper primary school here. Out of 124 children 5–14 years old, 67 are working and not going to school, 56 are going to school and working and 1 is going to school and not working. Household literacy rate is 70%.

External links

Kilanavayal photo

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{{reflist Villages in Dindigul district