About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a small village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 410, made up of 214 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	33 hectares
Population	410
Male Population	214
Female Population	196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
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 Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 126th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 33 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Manikpur

Manikpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Manikpur 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 Manikpur from other places

Manikpur lies about 57 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Behrajor, about 3.4 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 railway station	Behrajor	3.4 km
Nearest town	Godda	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraiyahat	26 km
District headquarters	Dumka	57 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

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

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Common questions about Manikpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Manikpur village had a population of 410. That makes it the 126th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Manikpur village has 214 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Manikpur is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikpur covers 33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Manikpur falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Behrajor, about 3.4 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 Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 57 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district. Behrajor is about 3.4 km away. Godda is about 8.1 km away. Saraiyahat is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.