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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Manimutharu
| native_name = CHETTIMEDU
| native_name_lang =
| other_name = ARAIYAR KOTTAI
| settlement_type = Panchayat town
| image_skyline = Manimuthar.JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Manimutharu bus stop
| nickname =
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
| coordinates = {{coord|8|40|57|N|77|23|15|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tirunelveli district|Tirunelveli]]
| established_title = 
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| founder = AMBER
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| population_total =80000
| population_as_of = 2020
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 627421
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
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'''Manimutharu''' is a [[panchayat town]] in [[Tirunelveli district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].

==Demographics==

According to the 2001 Indian [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Manimutharu had a population of 50,000. The female/male ratio was 2:1. Manimutharu had an average [[literacy rate]] 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 {{Convert|1020|-|1500|m|ft}}, 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]] 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]]. 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==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Tirunelveli district]]

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