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About Manik Patahara Village

Manik Patahara is a mid sized village in Phulidumar tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 986, made up of 524 males and 462 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares.

Manik Patahara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manik Patahara village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Phulidumar
Area (hectares) 72 hectares
Population 986
Male Population 524
Female Population 462
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manik Patahara compares

By the 2011 count Manik Patahara is the 32nd largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents. Its 72 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Manik Patahara

Manik Patahara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Manik Patahara as Available within 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 Manik Patahara from other places

Manik Patahara lies about 22 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 7.0 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 Manik Patahara
Nearest railway station Bela 7.0 km
Nearest town Purāini 16 km
District headquarters Banka 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Phulidumar 28 km

Villages closest to Manik Patahara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manik Patahara village had a population of 986. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents.

Manik Patahara village has 524 males and 462 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manik Patahara has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Manik Patahara covers 72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Manik Patahara falls under Phulidumar tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manik Patahara is Bela, about 7.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Manik Patahara.

Manik Patahara is about 22 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manik Patahara is in Phulidumar tehsil of Banka district. Bela is about 7.0 km away. Purāini is about 16 km away. Banka is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tola Lakra (2.9 km), Tola Barmasia (5.5 km) and Tola Kuriasi (5.5 km).

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

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