About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a large village in Simri tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,922, made up of 1,579 males and 1,343 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.89 hectares hectares.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Simri
Area (hectares)	93.89 hectares
Population	2,922
Male Population	1,579
Female Population	1,343
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 19th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents. Its 93.89 hectares work out to about 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

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 5 - 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 Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Sagarpali, about 9.4 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	Simri	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Sagarpali	9.4 km
Nearest town	Dumraon	15 km
District headquarters	Buxar	16 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Simri 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 2,922. That makes it the 19th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents.

Manikpur village has 1,579 males and 1,343 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Manikpur covers 93.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Manikpur falls under Simri tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Sagarpali, about 9.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Simri tehsil of Buxar district. Simri is about 4.6 km away. Sagarpali is about 9.4 km away. Dumraon is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.