About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a mid sized village in Poreyahat tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,269, made up of 699 males and 570 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 815 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Poreyahat
Pincode	814153
Area (hectares)	114 hectares
Population	1,269
Male Population	699
Female Population	570
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	815
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 47th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 114 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

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 8.1 km from Godda, 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
District headquarters	Godda	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Poreyahat	11 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Poreyahat 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 1,269. That makes it the 47th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Manikpur village has 699 males and 570 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 815 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Manikpur is 814153. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikpur covers 114 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Manikpur falls under Poreyahat tehsil of Godda 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 8.1 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district. Behrajor is about 3.4 km away. Godda is about 8.1 km away. Poreyahat is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.