Manamadurai

Manamadurai
Municipality
Aanandhavalli Amman temple
Manamadurai
Mananadurai, Tamil Nadu
Coordinates: 9°41′20″N 78°27′29″E / 9.689000°N 78.458100°E / 9.689000; 78.458100
CountryIndia
State Tamil Nadu
DistrictSivaganga district
Government
  TypeMunicipal Taluk
  BodyMunicipality
  Member of Legislative assembly (M.L.A)A.Tamilarasi Ravikumar (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK))
  Member of Parliament (M.P)Karti Chidambaram
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
Population
  Municipality
207,223 (2,011 Population Census)
  Density296/km2 (770/sq mi)
  Urban
56,811
  Rural
150,412
  Sister town
Thiruppuvanam
Languages
  Official (Tamil, English)Tamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
630 606 (Manamadurai Head post office)
Manamadurai Town Area code04574
Vehicle registrationTN 63 (Sivagangai RTO)
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Chief MinisterM.K.Stalin
GovernorR. N. Ravi
CollectorMrs.Asha Ajith I.A.S

Manamadurai is a Municipality Town in Sivaganga district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Situated 58 kilometres away from the heart of Madurai on the Cochin - Dhanushkodi National Highway. It is the 4th Largest Urban Agglomeration in the Sivaganga district after Karaikudi, Sivaganga and Devakottai. Manamadurai represents its seat in Manamadurai Legislative assembly constituency. It is a river based settlement town developed on banks of river Vaigai around 2 BCE. The River flows through the core of town dividing the town into Upper Western banks and lower eastern banks.