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About Manatu Village

Manatu is a small village in Khelari tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 179 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manatu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manatu village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Khelari
Pincode 835222
Area (hectares) 210 hectares
Population 360
Male Population 179
Female Population 181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Manatu compares

By the 2011 count Manatu is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,562 residents. Its 210 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 973.

Getting to Manatu

The census records public bus service for Manatu as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 43 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Ray, about 2.2 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 Ray 2.2 km
Nearest town Churi 6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Khelari 7.4 km
District headquarters Ranchi 43 km

Villages closest to Manatu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khelari 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 360. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,562 residents.

Manatu village has 179 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manatu has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Manatu is 835222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manatu covers 210 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manatu falls under Khelari tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Manatu is Ray, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Manatu.

Manatu is about 43 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manatu is in Khelari tehsil of Ranchi district. Ray is about 2.2 km away. Churi is about 6.7 km away. Khelari is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Babhne (under 2 km), Ray (3.0 km) and Hoyar (5.2 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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