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About Manik Chak Village

Manik Chak is a small village in Bodh Gaya tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 84, made up of 33 males and 51 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,545 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21 hectares hectares.

Manik Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manik Chak village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Bodh Gaya
Area (hectares) 21 hectares
Population 84
Male Population 33
Female Population 51
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,545
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 Manik Chak compares

By the 2011 count Manik Chak is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 21 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Manik Chak

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

Manik Chak lies about 22 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Bansinala Halt, about 9.0 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 Chak
Nearest railway station Bansinala Halt 9.0 km
Nearest town Bagaha 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Bodh Gaya 14 km
District headquarters Gaya 22 km

Villages closest to Manik Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bodh Gaya 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 Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Manik Chak village had a population of 84. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Manik Chak village has 33 males and 51 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manik Chak has about 1545 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

Manik Chak covers 21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manik Chak falls under Bodh Gaya tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manik Chak is Bansinala Halt, about 9.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Manik Chak.

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

Manik Chak is in Bodh Gaya tehsil of Gaya district. Bansinala Halt is about 9.0 km away. Bagaha is about 10 km away. Bodh Gaya is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara (5.2 km), Kurum Dih (6.4 km) and Gapha Khurd (6.7 km).

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

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