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About Manikpur Halhalia Village

Manikpur Halhalia is a large village in Forbesganj tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,058, made up of 1,088 males and 970 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351 hectares hectares.

Manikpur Halhalia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur Halhalia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Araria
Tehsil Forbesganj
Area (hectares) 351 hectares
Population 2,058
Male Population 1,088
Female Population 970
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Manikpur Halhalia compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur Halhalia is the 56th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,626 residents. Its 351 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Manikpur Halhalia

Manikpur Halhalia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Manikpur Halhalia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Manikpur Halhalia from other places

Manikpur Halhalia lies about 17 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Simraha, about 3.4 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Manikpur Halhalia
Nearest railway station Simraha 3.4 km
Nearest town Shahbazpur 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Forbesganj 14 km
District headquarters Araria 17 km

Villages closest to Manikpur Halhalia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Forbesganj tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Manikpur Halhalia

As per the Census of India 2011, Manikpur Halhalia village had a population of 2,058. That makes it the 56th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,626 residents.

Manikpur Halhalia village has 1,088 males and 970 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur Halhalia has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Manikpur Halhalia covers 351 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikpur Halhalia falls under Forbesganj tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur Halhalia is Simraha, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Manikpur Halhalia.

Manikpur Halhalia is about 17 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur Halhalia is in Forbesganj tehsil of Araria district. Simraha is about 3.4 km away. Shahbazpur is about 13 km away. Forbesganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rahikpur Thila Mohan (1.9 km), Aurahi (2.3 km) and Halhalia (2.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Manikpur Halhalia today is likely to be higher.

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