About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 562, made up of 286 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491668
Area (hectares)	212.01 hectares
Population	562
Male Population	286
Female Population	276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
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 151st largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 212.01 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

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 32 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 7.5 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	Paniajob	7.5 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	16 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	32 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhuriya 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 562. That makes it the 151st largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Manikpur village has 286 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Manikpur is 491668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikpur covers 212.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikpur falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Paniajob, about 7.5 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 32 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Paniajob is about 7.5 km away. Dongargarh is about 8.2 km away. Chhuriya is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.