About Manikchouri Village

Manikchouri is a large village in Masturi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,272, made up of 1,117 males and 1,155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 666.705 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikchouri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikchouri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Masturi
Pincode	495551
Area (hectares)	666.705 hectares
Population	2,272
Male Population	1,117
Female Population	1,155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Manikchouri compares

By the 2011 count Manikchouri is the 36th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents. Its 666.705 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Manikchouri

Manikchouri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Manikchouri as Available. 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 Manikchouri from other places

Manikchouri lies about 32 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Nipania, about 20 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 Manikchouri
Nearest town	Baloda Bāzār	18 km
Nearest railway station	Nipania	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masturi	21 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	32 km

Villages closest to Manikchouri

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.

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Common questions about Manikchouri

As per the Census of India 2011, Manikchouri village had a population of 2,272. That makes it the 36th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents.

Manikchouri village has 1,117 males and 1,155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikchouri has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

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

Manikchouri covers 666.705 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikchouri falls under Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manikchouri is Nipania, about 20 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 village for Manikchouri.

Manikchouri is about 32 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikchouri is in Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Baloda Bāzār is about 18 km away. Nipania is about 20 km away. Masturi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.