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About Manpur Village

Manpur is a mid sized village in Pratappur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,768, made up of 877 males and 891 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 533.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Pratappur
Pincode 497223
Area (hectares) 533.62 hectares
Population 1,768
Male Population 877
Female Population 891
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manpur compares

By the 2011 count Manpur is the 26th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents. Its 533.62 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Manpur

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

Manpur lies about 69 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Jharokhas, about 56 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 Manpur
Tehsil headquarters Pratappur 32 km
Nearest railway station Jharokhas 56 km
Nearest town Garhwa 65 km
District headquarters Surguja 69 km

Villages closest to Manpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manpur village had a population of 1,768. That makes it the 26th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents.

Manpur village has 877 males and 891 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manpur has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Manpur is 497223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manpur covers 533.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manpur falls under Pratappur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manpur is Jharokhas, about 56 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 Manpur.

Manpur is about 69 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manpur is in Pratappur tehsil of Surguja district. Pratappur is about 32 km away. Jharokhas is about 56 km away. Garhwa is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghat Pendari (25 km), Pendari (25 km) and Karsi (36 km).

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

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