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About Manakawad Village

Manakawad is a large village in Navalgund tehsil, in the district of Dharwad, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,191, made up of 1,107 males and 1,084 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 846.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manakawad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manakawad village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dharwad
Tehsil Navalgund
Pincode 581209
Area (hectares) 846.38 hectares
Population 2,191
Male Population 1,107
Female Population 1,084
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Manakawad compares

By the 2011 count Manakawad is the 27th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents. Its 846.38 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Manakawad

Manakawad 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 Manakawad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Manakawad from other places

Manakawad lies about 36 km from Dharwad, and the nearest railway station is Sisvinhalli, about 3.2 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 Manakawad
Nearest railway station Sisvinhalli 3.2 km
Nearest town Annigeri 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Navalgund 17 km
District headquarters Dharwad 36 km

Villages closest to Manakawad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manakawad village had a population of 2,191. That makes it the 27th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents.

Manakawad village has 1,107 males and 1,084 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manakawad has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Manakawad is 581209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manakawad covers 846.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manakawad falls under Navalgund tehsil of Dharwad district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Manakawad is Sisvinhalli, about 3.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Manakawad.

Manakawad is about 36 km from Dharwad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manakawad is in Navalgund tehsil of Dharwad district. Sisvinhalli is about 3.2 km away. Annigeri is about 11 km away. Navalgund 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 Siswinahalli (2.2 km), Dundur (3.7 km) and Nalavadi (4.4 km).

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

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