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About Manak Village

Manak is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,116, made up of 554 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 269.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144629, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manak village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144629
Area (hectares) 269.87 hectares
Population 1,116
Male Population 554
Female Population 562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
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 Manak compares

By the 2011 count Manak is the 40th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 269.87 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Manak

The census records public bus service for Manak 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 Manak from other places

Manak lies about 43 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Lohian Khas Junction, about 2.6 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
Nearest railway station Lohian Khas Junction 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 18 km
Nearest town Zira 27 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 43 km

Villages closest to Manak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manak village had a population of 1,116. That makes it the 40th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Manak village has 554 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manak has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Manak is 144629. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manak covers 269.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manak falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Manak is Lohian Khas Junction, about 2.6 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 Manak.

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

Manak is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Lohian Khas Junction is about 2.6 km away. Shahkot is about 18 km away. Zira is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nahl (1.6 km), Jamsher (1.6 km) and Nasirpur (2.5 km).

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

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