About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a small village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 285, made up of 150 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78 hectares hectares.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Chanan
Area (hectares)	78 hectares
Population	285
Male Population	150
Female Population	135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 161st largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 78 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Manikpur

Manikpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Manikpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 104 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Dauram Madhepura, about 11 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
Nearest railway station	Dauram Madhepura	11 km
Nearest town	Madhepura	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanan	30 km
District headquarters	Banka	104 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

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

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Common questions about Manikpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Manikpur village had a population of 285. That makes it the 161st largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Manikpur village has 150 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Manikpur covers 78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikpur falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Dauram Madhepura, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 104 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Dauram Madhepura is about 11 km away. Madhepura is about 12 km away. Chanan is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.