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About Manpur Village

Manpur is a mid sized village in Wadrafnagar tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 938, made up of 483 males and 455 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 584.53 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 Wadrafnagar
Pincode 497223
Area (hectares) 584.53 hectares
Population 938
Male Population 483
Female Population 455
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manpur compares

By the 2011 count Manpur is the 68th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents. Its 584.53 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

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 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 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 Wadrafnagar 19 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 Wadrafnagar 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 938. That makes it the 68th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents.

Manpur village has 483 males and 455 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manpur has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

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

Manpur covers 584.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manpur falls under Wadrafnagar 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 village 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 Wadrafnagar tehsil of Surguja district. Wadrafnagar is about 19 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 Sulsuli (15 km), Barti Kalan (18 km) and Rajkheta (18 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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