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About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a small village in Dinara tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 141, made up of 77 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93 hectares hectares.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Dinara
Area (hectares) 93 hectares
Population 141
Male Population 77
Female Population 64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 831
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 among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents. Its 93 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

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 75 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Chausa, about 23 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 Dinara 11 km
Nearest railway station Chausa 23 km
Nearest town Nokha 26 km
District headquarters Rohtas 75 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dinara 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 141. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents.

Manikpur village has 77 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Manikpur covers 93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manikpur falls under Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Chausa, about 23 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 75 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district. Dinara is about 11 km away. Chausa is about 23 km away. Nokha is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mirzapur Gaganpurwa (6.2 km), Mirzapur Khairi (6.5 km) and Kishunipur (6.8 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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