About Manakpur Village

Manakpur is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 996, made up of 503 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manakpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Pincode	144702
Area (hectares)	211.33 hectares
Population	996
Male Population	503
Female Population	493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
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 Manakpur compares

By the 2011 count Manakpur is the 50th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 211.33 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 956.

Getting to Manakpur

Manakpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Manakpur 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 Manakpur from other places

Manakpur lies about 40 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Sindhar, about 2.5 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 Manakpur
Nearest railway station	Sindhar	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkot	6.4 km
Nearest town	Nakodar	20 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	40 km

Villages closest to Manakpur

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.

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Common questions about Manakpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Manakpur village had a population of 996. That makes it the 50th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Manakpur village has 503 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manakpur has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Manakpur is 144702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manakpur covers 211.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manakpur falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Manakpur is Sindhar, about 2.5 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 Manakpur.

Manakpur is about 40 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manakpur is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Sindhar is about 2.5 km away. Shahkot is about 6.4 km away. Nakodar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.