About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a mid sized village in Belaganj tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 580, made up of 290 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162 hectares hectares.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Belaganj
Area (hectares)	162 hectares
Population	580
Male Population	290
Female Population	290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 93rd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 162 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

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 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 19 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Bansinala Halt, about 2.9 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	Bansinala Halt	2.9 km
Nearest town	Bodh Gaya	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Belaganj	19 km
District headquarters	Gaya	19 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Belaganj 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 580. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Manikpur village has 290 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Manikpur covers 162 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikpur falls under Belaganj tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Bansinala Halt, about 2.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 19 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Belaganj tehsil of Gaya district. Bansinala Halt is about 2.9 km away. Bodh Gaya is about 16 km away. Belaganj is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.