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About Manatu Village

Manatu is a small village in Barwadih tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 402, made up of 201 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222.6 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 Barwadih
Pincode 822126
Area (hectares) 222.6 hectares
Population 402
Male Population 201
Female Population 201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 62nd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents. Its 222.6 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 972.

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
District headquarters Latehar 20 km
Nearest town Lātehār 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Barwadih 27 km

Villages closest to Manatu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barwadih 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 402. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents.

Manatu village has 201 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manatu has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 972.

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

Manatu covers 222.6 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 Barwadih 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 Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district. Kumandih is about 10 km away. Latehar is about 20 km away. Lātehār 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 Selaritanr (under 2 km), Chatam (under 2 km) and Ganeshpur (under 2 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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