About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a small village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 465, made up of 235 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Rajpur
Area (hectares)	88 hectares
Population	465
Male Population	235
Female Population	230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
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 116th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 925.

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 31 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Chausa, about 23 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	Rajpur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Chausa	23 km
Nearest town	Nokha	26 km
District headquarters	Buxar	31 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajpur 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 465. That makes it the 116th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents.

Manikpur village has 235 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Manikpur covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikpur falls under Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Chausa, about 23 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 31 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district. Rajpur is about 12 km away. Chausa is about 23 km away. Nokha is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.