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About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a mid sized village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 550, made up of 245 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,245 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bade Rajpur
Pincode 494335
Area (hectares) 70.75 hectares
Population 550
Male Population 245
Female Population 305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,245
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 50th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 70.75 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

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. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 99 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 72 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 Bade Rajpur 12 km
Nearest town Kānker 41 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 72 km
District headquarters Bastar 99 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bade Rajpur 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 550. That makes it the 50th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Manikpur village has 245 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 1245 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Manikpur is 494335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikpur covers 70.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Manikpur falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Antagarh, about 72 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 and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 99 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 12 km away. Kānker is about 41 km away. Antagarh is about 72 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hatma (1.8 km), Chhotemalgaon (2.4 km) and Machali (2.6 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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