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About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a small village in Obra tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 482, made up of 264 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57 hectares hectares.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Obra
Area (hectares) 57 hectares
Population 482
Male Population 264
Female Population 218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 826
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 123rd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents. Its 57 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Manikpur

Manikpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Manikpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Manikpur from other places

Manikpur lies about 16 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt, about 5.4 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
Tehsil headquarters Obra 2.0 km
Nearest railway station Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt 5.4 km
Nearest town Daudnagar 15 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 16 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manikpur village had a population of 482. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents.

Manikpur village has 264 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 826 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Manikpur covers 57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Manikpur falls under Obra tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 16 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Obra tehsil of Aurangabad district. Obra is about 2.0 km away. Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt is about 5.4 km away. Daudnagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chapri (under 2 km), Chapra (under 2 km) and Ratanpur (under 2 km).

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

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