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About Manhara Village

Manhara is a small village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 480, made up of 249 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manhara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gunderdehi
Pincode 493445
Area (hectares) 190.77 hectares
Population 480
Male Population 249
Female Population 231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Manhara compares

By the 2011 count Manhara is the 135th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 190.77 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Manhara

Manhara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Manhara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Manhara from other places

Manhara lies about 36 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Sikosa, about 1.5 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 Manhara
Nearest railway station Sikosa 1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Gunderdehi 8.6 km
Nearest town Balod 17 km
District headquarters Durg 36 km

Villages closest to Manhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manhara village had a population of 480. That makes it the 135th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Manhara village has 249 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manhara has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Manhara is 493445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manhara covers 190.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manhara falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manhara is Sikosa, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Manhara.

Manhara is about 36 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manhara is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Sikosa is about 1.5 km away. Gunderdehi is about 8.6 km away. Balod is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sikosa (under 2 km), Junwani (1.6 km) and Kodewa (2.5 km).

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

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