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About Manhakal Village

Manhakal is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 205 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 774.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manhakal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manhakal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 774.38 hectares
Population 393
Male Population 205
Female Population 188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manhakal compares

By the 2011 count Manhakal is the 151st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 774.38 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Manhakal

Manhakal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Manhakal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Manhakal from other places

Manhakal lies about 36 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 21 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 Manhakal
Nearest railway station Antagarh 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Pakhanjur 34 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 36 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 51 km

Villages closest to Manhakal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manhakal village had a population of 393. That makes it the 151st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Manhakal village has 205 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manhakal has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Manhakal is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manhakal covers 774.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manhakal falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Manhakal is Antagarh, about 21 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 - 10 km distance for Manhakal.

Manhakal is about 36 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.

Manhakal is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Antagarh is about 21 km away. Pakhanjur is about 34 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hetale (under 2 km), Nawgel (4.1 km) and Kotodi (5.9 km).

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

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