About Manikapur Village

Manikapur is a large village in Thakurgangti tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,449, made up of 1,288 males and 1,161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.44 hectares hectares.

Manikapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikapur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Thakurgangti
Area (hectares)	96.44 hectares
Population	2,449
Male Population	1,288
Female Population	1,161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Manikapur compares

By the 2011 count Manikapur is the 8th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 96.44 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Manikapur

Manikapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Manikapur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Manikapur from other places

Manikapur lies about 38 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 21 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 Manikapur
Tehsil headquarters	Thakurgangti	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Mirza Cheuki Railway Station	21 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	25 km
District headquarters	Godda	38 km

Villages closest to Manikapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manikapur village had a population of 2,449. That makes it the 8th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Manikapur village has 1,288 males and 1,161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikapur has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Manikapur covers 96.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Manikapur falls under Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Manikapur is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Manikapur.

Manikapur is about 38 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikapur is in Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district. Thakurgangti is about 5.5 km away. Mirza Cheuki Railway Station is about 21 km away. Sāhibganj is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.