MANALI,INDIA,PRAVEEN C R PHOTOGRAPHY Manali is a small town; as of the 2011 census of India, its population was 8,096.[1] In 2001,[2] Manali had an official population of 6,265. Males constituted 64% of the population and females 36%. Manali had an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; male literacy was 80%, and female literacy was 63%. 9% of the population was under six years of age.