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About Manak Rai Village

Manak Rai is a large village in Jalandhar II tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,056, made up of 1,024 males and 1,032 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 370 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manak Rai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manak Rai village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Jalandhar II
Pincode 144201
Area (hectares) 370 hectares
Population 2,056
Male Population 1,024
Female Population 1,032
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Manak Rai compares

By the 2011 count Manak Rai is the 25th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 999 residents. Its 370 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Manak Rai

Manak Rai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Manak Rai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Manak Rai from other places

Manak Rai lies about 23 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Machrowal, about 5.0 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 Manak Rai
Nearest railway station Machrowal 5.0 km
Nearest town Adampur 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalandhar II 23 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 23 km

Villages closest to Manak Rai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalandhar II 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 Manak Rai

As per the Census of India 2011, Manak Rai village had a population of 2,056. That makes it the 25th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 999 residents.

Manak Rai village has 1,024 males and 1,032 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manak Rai has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Manak Rai is 144201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manak Rai covers 370 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manak Rai falls under Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Manak Rai is Machrowal, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Manak Rai.

Manak Rai is about 23 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manak Rai is in Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district. Machrowal is about 5.0 km away. Adampur is about 9.1 km away. Jalandhar II is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ittan Badhi (under 2 km), Ladhra (2.2 km) and Ghorewahi (2.9 km).

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

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