About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is one of the larger villages in Pirpainti tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,939, made up of 5,302 males and 4,637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 796 hectares hectares.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Pirpainti
Area (hectares)	796 hectares
Population	9,939
Male Population	5,302
Female Population	4,637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 5th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,129 residents. Its 796 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 876.

Getting to Manikpur

Manikpur 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 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Manikpur from other places

Manikpur lies about 50 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 8.6 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	Mirza Cheuki Railway Station	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pirpainti	16 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	18 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	50 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pirpainti 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 9,939. That makes it the 5th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,129 residents.

Manikpur village has 5,302 males and 4,637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 876.

Manikpur covers 796 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Manikpur falls under Pirpainti tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 8.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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 50 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Pirpainti tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Mirza Cheuki Railway Station is about 8.6 km away. Pirpainti is about 16 km away. Sāhibganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.