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

n 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

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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. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 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% Jains, 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

Tiruvottiyur Tiruvottriyur (Thiruvottiyur or TVT) is a neighbourhood in North Chennai, administered by the Greater Chennai Corporation. It is part of the Tondiarpet division, located to the north of Chennai. It is one of the fifteen administrative zones in ...

to the east,. Madhavaram to the west, Kodungaiyur 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 Chennai Corporation. The Manali Zone contains 7 wards out of Chennai Corporation's 200 wards from ward 15 to ward 21.

Roads

Expressway

Manali Expressway( 100 feet road) 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 and Perambur railway station 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 : Buses passing through Manali

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 10.5 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. Other industries located in Manali are as follows: * Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) * Tamil Nadu Petroproducts Limited (TPL)

References

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