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About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a mid sized village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,119, made up of 552 males and 567 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.64 hectares hectares.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Area (hectares) 65.64 hectares
Population 1,119
Male Population 552
Female Population 567
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 42nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 65.64 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

How far is Manikpur from other places

Manikpur lies about 27 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 13 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 Maheshpur 7.6 km
Nearest railway station Chatra 13 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 17 km
District headquarters Pakur 27 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maheshpur 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 1,119. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Manikpur village has 552 males and 567 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Manikpur covers 65.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Manikpur falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Chatra, about 13 km away in a straight line.

Manikpur is about 27 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 7.6 km away. Chatra is about 13 km away. Nalhāti is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Birnagar (under 2 km), Kadamara (under 2 km) and Khagra (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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