About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is one of the larger villages in Tarapur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13,870, made up of 7,361 males and 6,509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 724 hectares hectares.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Tarapur
Area (hectares)	724 hectares
Population	13,870
Male Population	7,361
Female Population	6,509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents. Its 724 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

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 village. 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 34 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Ganganiyan, 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
Tehsil headquarters	Tarapur	3.3 km
Nearest town	Kharagpur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Ganganiyan	13 km
District headquarters	Munger	34 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tarapur 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 13,870. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents.

Manikpur village has 7,361 males and 6,509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

Manikpur covers 724 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Manikpur falls under Tarapur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Ganganiyan, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 34 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Tarapur tehsil of Munger district. Tarapur is about 3.3 km away. Kharagpur is about 10 km away. Ganganiyan is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.