About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a large village in Harsidhi tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,164, made up of 2,223 males and 1,941 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208 hectares hectares.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Harsidhi
Area (hectares)	208 hectares
Population	4,164
Male Population	2,223
Female Population	1,941
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
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 17th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,697 residents. Its 208 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

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 9.3 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Semra, about 15 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	Areraj	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harsidhi	9.3 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Semra	15 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Harsidhi 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 4,164. That makes it the 17th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,697 residents.

Manikpur village has 2,223 males and 1,941 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

Manikpur covers 208 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Manikpur falls under Harsidhi tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Semra, about 15 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 9.3 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Harsidhi tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Areraj is about 7.9 km away. Harsidhi is about 9.3 km away. Purba Champaran is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.