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About Manwan Village

Manwan is a small village in Rajgarh tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 368, made up of 198 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manwan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Sirmaur
Tehsil Rajgarh
Pincode 173223
Area (hectares) 287 hectares
Population 368
Male Population 198
Female Population 170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manwan compares

By the 2011 count Manwan is the 48th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 328 residents. Its 287 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Manwan

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

Manwan lies about 28 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 24 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 Manwan
Tehsil headquarters Rajgarh 13 km
Nearest railway station Salogra 24 km
Nearest town Solan 26 km
District headquarters Sirmaur 28 km

Villages closest to Manwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manwan village had a population of 368. That makes it the 48th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 328 residents.

Manwan village has 198 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manwan has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Manwan is 173223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manwan covers 287 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manwan falls under Rajgarh tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Manwan is Salogra, about 24 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 village for Manwan.

Manwan is about 28 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manwan is in Rajgarh tehsil of Sirmaur district. Rajgarh is about 13 km away. Salogra is about 24 km away. Solan 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 Lanaru (1.7 km), Pain Kufar (2.3 km) and Dhamla (2.4 km).

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

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