About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a small village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 444, made up of 232 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Sarangarh
Pincode	496445
Area (hectares)	137.47 hectares
Population	444
Male Population	232
Female Population	212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 171st largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 137.47 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 1008.

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 village. 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 5.6 km from Sarangarh, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 45 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	Sarangarh	5.6 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	31 km
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	45 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sarangarh 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 444. That makes it the 171st largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Manikpur village has 232 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Manikpur is 496445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikpur covers 137.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikpur falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Raigarh, about 45 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 village for Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 5.6 km from Sarangarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 5.6 km away. Saraipali is about 31 km away. Raigarh is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.