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About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a mid sized village in Bodla tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,716, made up of 847 males and 869 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 411.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Bodla
Pincode 491995
Area (hectares) 411.68 hectares
Population 1,716
Male Population 847
Female Population 869
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
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 16th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 411.68 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above 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 8.9 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 79 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 Bodla 6.2 km
District headquarters Kabeerdham 8.9 km
Nearest town Kawardha 16 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 79 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bodla 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 1,716. That makes it the 16th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Manikpur village has 847 males and 869 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Manikpur is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikpur covers 411.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikpur falls under Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Kargi Road, about 79 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 8.9 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Bodla is about 6.2 km away. Kabeerdham is about 8.9 km away. Kawardha 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 Silhati (under 2 km), Neurgaon Khurd (1.7 km) and Bagharra (2.1 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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