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About Manatu Village

Manatu is a mid sized village in Bariyatu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,230, made up of 608 males and 622 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 702 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manatu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manatu village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Latehar
Tehsil Bariyatu
Pincode 822126
Area (hectares) 702 hectares
Population 1,230
Male Population 608
Female Population 622
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
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 Manatu compares

By the 2011 count Manatu is the 21st largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 702 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Manatu

Manatu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Manatu 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 Manatu from other places

Manatu lies about 20 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kumandih, about 10 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 Manatu
Nearest railway station Kumandih 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Bariyatu 20 km
District headquarters Latehar 20 km
Nearest town Lātehār 20 km

Villages closest to Manatu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manatu village had a population of 1,230. That makes it the 21st largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Manatu village has 608 males and 622 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manatu has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Manatu is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manatu covers 702 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manatu falls under Bariyatu tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Manatu is Kumandih, about 10 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 Manatu.

Manatu is about 20 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manatu is in Bariyatu tehsil of Latehar district. Kumandih is about 10 km away. Bariyatu is about 20 km away. Latehar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gurusalwe (9.3 km), Salwe (9.3 km) and Bachra (14 km).

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

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