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About Manki Village

Manki is a mid sized village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 534, made up of 248 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,153 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manki village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Bagbahra
Pincode 491226
Area (hectares) 169.66 hectares
Population 534
Male Population 248
Female Population 286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,153
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manki compares

By the 2011 count Manki is the 140th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 169.66 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Manki

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

Manki lies about 46 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 6.1 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 Manki
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Bagbahra 16 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 46 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 46 km

Villages closest to Manki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manki village had a population of 534. That makes it the 140th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Manki village has 248 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manki has about 1153 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Manki is 491226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manki covers 169.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manki falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manki is Komakhan railway station, about 6.1 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 Manki.

Manki is about 46 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manki is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Komakhan railway station is about 6.1 km away. Bagbahra is about 16 km away. Mahasamund is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khursipar (under 2 km), Khattadih (1.6 km) and Chingariya (1.7 km).

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

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