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About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a mid sized village in Hathua tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,720, made up of 867 males and 853 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.06 hectares hectares.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Hathua
Area (hectares) 81.06 hectares
Population 1,720
Male Population 867
Female Population 853
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 44th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,123 residents. Its 81.06 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Manikpur

The census records public bus service for Manikpur as Available within <5 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 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 54 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Lar Road, about 13 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 town Lar 7.7 km
Nearest railway station Lar Road 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Hathua 35 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 54 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hathua 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 Manikpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Manikpur village had a population of 1,720. That makes it the 44th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,123 residents.

Manikpur village has 867 males and 853 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Manikpur covers 81.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Manikpur falls under Hathua tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Lar Road, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 54 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Hathua tehsil of Gopalganj district. Lar is about 7.7 km away. Lar Road is about 13 km away. Hathua is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khoriya Patti (8.3 km), Munrera (9.6 km) and Pipar Panti (12 km).

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

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