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About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a small village in Madhupur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 98 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Madhupur
Pincode 814152
Area (hectares) 47 hectares
Population 179
Male Population 98
Female Population 81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 827
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 157th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 47 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Manikpur

Manikpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Manikpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Manikpur from other places

Manikpur lies about 53 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Jamtara, about 7.5 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 Manikpur
Nearest town Jāmtāra 7.2 km
Nearest railway station Jamtara 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Madhupur 33 km
District headquarters Deoghar 53 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manikpur village had a population of 179. That makes it the 157th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Manikpur village has 98 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 827 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Manikpur is 814152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikpur covers 47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikpur falls under Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Jamtara, about 7.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 53 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district. Jāmtāra is about 7.2 km away. Jamtara is about 7.5 km away. Madhupur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khairbani (6.4 km), Raghunathpur (7.4 km) and Guniasol (8.3 km).

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

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