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About Manawa Village

Manawa is a mid sized village in Masturi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,174, made up of 586 males and 588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 394.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manawa village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Masturi
Pincode 495551
Area (hectares) 394.5 hectares
Population 1,174
Male Population 586
Female Population 588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Manawa compares

By the 2011 count Manawa is the 96th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents. Its 394.5 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Manawa

Manawa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Manawa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Manawa from other places

Manawa lies about 38 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Nipania, about 24 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 Manawa
Nearest town Baloda Bāzār 16 km
Nearest railway station Nipania 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Masturi 26 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 38 km

Villages closest to Manawa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Masturi 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 Manawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Manawa village had a population of 1,174. That makes it the 96th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents.

Manawa village has 586 males and 588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manawa has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Manawa is 495551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manawa covers 394.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manawa falls under Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manawa is Nipania, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Manawa.

Manawa is about 38 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manawa is in Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Baloda Bāzār is about 16 km away. Nipania is about 24 km away. Masturi 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 Kukurdikera (under 2 km), Rahatatore (2.1 km) and Jaitpuri (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Manawa today is likely to be higher.

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