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About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a small village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 230, made up of 118 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495685, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Sakti
Pincode 495685
Area (hectares) 143.93 hectares
Population 230
Male Population 118
Female Population 112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
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 119th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 143.93 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

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 30 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 10 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 Baradwar 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakti 16 km
Nearest town Saktī 16 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 30 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sakti 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 230. That makes it the 119th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Manikpur village has 118 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Manikpur is 495685. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikpur covers 143.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manikpur falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Baradwar, about 10 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 30 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Baradwar is about 10 km away. Sakti is about 16 km away. Saktī is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagrda (under 2 km), Budhanpur (1.6 km) and Kurda (2.2 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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