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About Mankeshri Village

Mankeshri is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,077, made up of 525 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mankeshri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mankeshri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 494334
Area (hectares) 232.61 hectares
Population 1,077
Male Population 525
Female Population 552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Mankeshri compares

By the 2011 count Mankeshri is the 31st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 232.61 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Mankeshri

Mankeshri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Mankeshri 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mankeshri from other places

Mankeshri lies about 26 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 40 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 Mankeshri
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 2.1 km
Nearest town Kānker 2.1 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 26 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 40 km

Villages closest to Mankeshri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mankeshri village had a population of 1,077. That makes it the 31st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Mankeshri village has 525 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mankeshri has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Mankeshri is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mankeshri covers 232.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mankeshri falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Mankeshri is Antagarh, about 40 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Mankeshri.

Mankeshri is about 26 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mankeshri is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 2.1 km away. Kānker is about 2.1 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nawagaon (2.1 km), Gad Pichhawadi (2.2 km) and Kodajunga (2.5 km).

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

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