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About Manka Village

Manka is a mid sized village in Mandawar tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,994, made up of 1,079 males and 915 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1071.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manka village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Mandawar
Pincode 301401
Area (hectares) 1071.82 hectares
Population 1,994
Male Population 1,079
Female Population 915
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 848
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Manka compares

By the 2011 count Manka is the 36th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents. Its 1071.82 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Manka

The census records public bus service for Manka as Available within 5 - 10 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 Manka from other places

Manka lies about 31 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Dhigawara, about 8.6 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 Manka
Nearest railway station Dhigawara 8.6 km
Nearest town Rājgarh 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandawar 28 km
District headquarters Alwar 31 km

Villages closest to Manka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manka village had a population of 1,994. That makes it the 36th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents.

Manka village has 1,079 males and 915 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manka has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Manka is 301401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manka covers 1071.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manka falls under Mandawar tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Manka is Dhigawara, about 8.6 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Manka.

Manka is about 31 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manka is in Mandawar tehsil of Alwar district. Dhigawara is about 8.6 km away. Rājgarh is about 9.4 km away. Mandawar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Todarpur (5.0 km), Palawa (5.2 km) and Munpur (8.3 km).

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

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