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About Manjhangan Village

Manjhangan is a small village in Nihri tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 139 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manjhangan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manjhangan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Nihri
Pincode 175038
Area (hectares) 238 hectares
Population 278
Male Population 139
Female Population 139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manjhangan compares

By the 2011 count Manjhangan is the 47th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 176 residents. Its 238 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Manjhangan

Manjhangan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Manjhangan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Manjhangan from other places

Manjhangan lies about 42 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 28 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 Manjhangan
Nearest town Sundarnagar 25 km
Nearest railway station Summer Hill 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Nihri 31 km
District headquarters Mandi 42 km

Villages closest to Manjhangan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manjhangan village had a population of 278. That makes it the 47th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 176 residents.

Manjhangan village has 139 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manjhangan has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Manjhangan is 175038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manjhangan covers 238 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manjhangan falls under Nihri tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Manjhangan is Summer Hill, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Manjhangan.

Manjhangan is about 42 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manjhangan is in Nihri tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 25 km away. Summer Hill is about 28 km away. Nihri is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kinder (2.2 km), D P F Chadog (2.4 km) and Ukri (2.6 km).

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

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