Sri Manakula Vinayagar Polytechnic College is situated within Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital Campus along the Puducherry-Villupuram National Highway (NH45A) at Kalitheerthalkuppam, Madagadipet, 25 km west of Puducherry and 15 km east of Villupuram. Built on the expansive campus, it offers a pleasant and conducive place for the pursuit of technical education. Auroville, the renowned global village founded by The Mother, Mira Alfasa, is located in the sylvan landscape which is 10 km from the institute. The nearest airport is Kamaraj Domestic Terminal in Chennai (140 km). The nearest Railway station is Villupuram junction (15 km).
The college is furnished with a rich and informative library comprising of renowned books and nationwide accepted journals to enhance engineer's education. During college hours, library is opened to all the students pursuing their polytechnic study from the institution. The library is satisfying the thirst for knowledge, to enable this task certain rules are required to be followed for conduct of discipline for the benefit to all. These rules will help in creating necessary condition under which the library in the modern sense can be established and maintained adequately to serve the needs of users.