About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a mid sized village in Nawagarh tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,099, made up of 555 males and 544 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 415.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Nawagarh
Pincode	491337
Area (hectares)	415.32 hectares
Population	1,099
Male Population	555
Female Population	544
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 59th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 985 residents. Its 415.32 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

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 10+ 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 94 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhatapara, about 46 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	Nawagarh	9.6 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bhatapara	46 km
District headquarters	Durg	94 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manikpur village had a population of 1,099. That makes it the 59th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 985 residents.

Manikpur village has 555 males and 544 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Manikpur is 491337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikpur covers 415.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikpur falls under Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Bhatapara, about 46 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 10+ km distance for Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 94 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district. Nawagarh is about 9.6 km away. Mungeli is about 12 km away. Bhatapara is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.