Manali is an industrial and residential part of

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. It is a zone in

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located in the northern part of

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in the

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state of

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. As of 2011, the neighborhood had a population of 35,248.

History

In October 2011, the erstwhile Manali municipality of Tiruvallur district merged with

and later became a part of

since August 2018.

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Manali had a population of 35,248 with a sex-ratio of 968 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 4,208 were under the age of six, constituting 2,194 males and 2,014 females.

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accounted for 23.33% and 0.09% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 74.52%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of : 9331 households. There were a total of 12,745 workers, comprising 25 cultivators, 49 main agricultural labourers, 127 in house hold industries, 11,293 other workers, 1,251 marginal workers, 12 marginal cultivators, 12 marginal agricultural labourers, 39 marginal workers in household industries and 1,188 other marginal workers. As per the religious census of 2011, Manali had 88.02%

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, 3.62%

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, 8.04%

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, 0.02%

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, 0.01%

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, 0.19%

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, 0.09% following other religions and 0.0% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.

Location and surroundings

Manali is a neighborhood of Chennai city. It borders

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to the east,.

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to the west,

Kodungaiyur Kodungaiyur is a residential neighbourhood in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It comes under Perambur Taluk of the Chennai District. Location and surroundings Kodungaiyur covers a vast area bordering Manali to th ...

to the south, 100 ft road and Manali New Town to the North. The main thoroughfares in the area are Kamarajar Salai, Chinnamathur road, School street, Nedunchezhian street and Parthasarathy street.

Manali Zone

The Manali Zone was named as Zone 2 of

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. The Manali Zone contains 7 wards out of

's 200 wards from ward 15 to ward 21.

Roads

Expressway

Manali Expressway(

100 feet road Dr S. K. Karim Khan Road, commonly known as 100 Feet Road Indira Nagar. It is a road in the Indian city of Bangalore that links Old Madras Road with Old Airport Road. 100 Feet Road passes through four distinct sections within Indira Nagar. St ...

) runs on the north of Manali and terminates at Thiruvottriyur–Ponneri High Road and joins with Manali High Road.

Other main roads

Other main roads in Manali are Kamarajar Road, School Street, Nedunchezhian Road, Chinnamathur Road and Manali Oil Refinery Road.

Transportation

Tiruvottiyur railway station Tiruvottiyur railway station is one of the railway station of the Chennai Central– Gummidipoondi section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Tiruvottiyur, a suburb of Chennai, and is located 9 km north ...

and

Perambur railway station Perambur railway station (station code: PER) is in Perambur, Chennai, one of the important stations in Chennai, in the Chennai Beach/Chennai Central–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway network. This passenger station serves the ...

are the nearest railway stations of Manali, which are 4 km and 8 km away, respectively. Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) runs passenger buses to Manali from other major parts of the Chennai city. Some of the bus services are : Some of the buses which passes through Manali are : Apart from MTC buses, Share Autos plays a major role for transportation in this Area.

Industries

* Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL)—Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (formerly MRL) is the largest company in Manali. Started in 1969, CPCL's Manali Refinery now has a capacity of 9.5 million

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s per year and is one of the most complex refineries in India with fuel, lube, wax and petrochemical feedstocks production facilities. The main products of the company are LPG, motor spirit, superior

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, lube base stocks,

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, fuel oil,

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and petrochemical feed stocks. Other Industries located in Manali are as follows: *

Madras Fertilizers Limited Madras Fertilizers Limited is an Indian public sector undertaking which is engaged in the manufacture of ammonia, urea and complex fertilizers at Manali, Chennai. Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) was incorporated in December 1966 as a joint ven ...

(MFL) * Manali Petro Chemical Ltd (MPL) * Futura Polymers Ltd * Cetex Petro Chemicals Ltd *

Tamil Nadu Petroproducts Limited Tamil Nadu Petro-products Limited is an Indian company, engaged in the manufacture and sale of commodity chemicals. The products are used as raw materials in industries involved in the manufacture of detergents and cleaning agents, lubricants, epo ...

(TPL) * Sriram Fibres Ltd (SRF) * Madras Rubber Factory (MRF) * Kothari Chemicals and Pesticides * Balmer Lawrie & Co * Infra Tanks and Polymers * The Huntsman Polyurethenes * ICI Limited * SRF Limited * Toshiba JSW Power Systems Private Limited

References

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