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About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a small village in Tisri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 159, made up of 84 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Tisri
Pincode 815313
Area (hectares) 48 hectares
Population 159
Male Population 84
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within 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 134th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 527 residents. Its 48 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 1007.

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 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 71 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Chaura BH, 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 Manikpur
Tehsil headquarters Tisri 22 km
Nearest town Jamūī 24 km
Nearest railway station Chaura BH 28 km
District headquarters Giridih 71 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tisri 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 159. That makes it the 134th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 527 residents.

Manikpur village has 84 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Manikpur is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikpur covers 48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikpur falls under Tisri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Chaura BH, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 71 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Tisri tehsil of Giridih district. Tisri is about 22 km away. Jamūī is about 24 km away. Chaura BH is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhonga Chatti (under 2 km), Ghutia (under 2 km) and Thansinghdih (under 2 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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