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About Maniar Village

Maniar is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 429, made up of 189 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,270 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176096, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maniar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maniar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jaisinghpur
Pincode 176096
Area (hectares) 129.27 hectares
Population 429
Male Population 189
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,270
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maniar compares

By the 2011 count Maniar is the 38th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 129.27 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Maniar

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

Maniar lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Paror, about 3.6 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 Maniar
Nearest railway station Paror 3.6 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 19 km
District headquarters Kangra 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaisinghpur 26 km

Villages closest to Maniar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maniar village had a population of 429. That makes it the 38th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Maniar village has 189 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maniar has about 1270 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Maniar is 176096. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maniar covers 129.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maniar falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maniar is Paror, about 3.6 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Maniar.

Maniar is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maniar is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Paror is about 3.6 km away. Dharamsala is about 19 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lahat Khas (1.8 km), Arath (2.0 km) and Garh (2.2 km).

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

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