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About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 698, made up of 355 males and 343 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Kota
Pincode 495116
Area (hectares) 299.72 hectares
Population 698
Male Population 355
Female Population 343
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 966
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 104th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 299.72 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 991.

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 50 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Tenganmada, about 11 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 Tenganmada 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Kota 27 km
Nearest town Ratanpur 27 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 50 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kota 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 698. That makes it the 104th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Manikpur village has 355 males and 343 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Manikpur is 495116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikpur covers 299.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikpur falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Tenganmada, about 11 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 50 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Tenganmada is about 11 km away. Kota is about 27 km away. Ratanpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Silpahari (1.7 km), Chureli (2.0 km) and Kenda (3.1 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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