About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a large village in Sarairanjan tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,897, made up of 2,346 males and 2,551 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 651 hectares hectares.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Sarairanjan
Area (hectares)	651 hectares
Population	4,897
Male Population	2,346
Female Population	2,551
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,087
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 22nd largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 4,787 residents. Its 651 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

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 10+ km distance. 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 20 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Basarhia Halt, about 8.1 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 railway station	Basarhia Halt	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarairanjan	8.5 km
Nearest town	Dalsingh Sarai	11 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	20 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sarairanjan 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 4,897. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,787 residents.

Manikpur village has 2,346 males and 2,551 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Manikpur covers 651 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Manikpur falls under Sarairanjan tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Basarhia Halt, about 8.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 20 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Sarairanjan tehsil of Samastipur district. Basarhia Halt is about 8.1 km away. Sarairanjan is about 8.5 km away. Dalsingh Sarai is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.