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About Manpur Village

Manpur is a mid sized village in Shankargarh tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,485, made up of 794 males and 691 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497118, 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 Shankargarh
Pincode 497118
Area (hectares) 343.96 hectares
Population 1,485
Male Population 794
Female Population 691
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
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 8th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 343.96 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

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 45 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Ambikapur, about 49 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 Shankargarh 8.0 km
District headquarters Surguja 45 km
Nearest town Ambikāpur 45 km
Nearest railway station Ambikapur 49 km

Villages closest to Manpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shankargarh 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 1,485. That makes it the 8th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Manpur village has 794 males and 691 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manpur has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Manpur is 497118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manpur covers 343.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manpur falls under Shankargarh tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manpur is Ambikapur, about 49 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 45 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 Shankargarh tehsil of Surguja district. Shankargarh is about 8.0 km away. Surguja is about 45 km away. Ambikāpur is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shankargarh (8.0 km), Dipadih Kalan (13 km) and Dipadih Khurd (13 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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