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About Maniha Village

Maniha is a small village in Mehnagar tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 281, made up of 129 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,178 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.21 hectares hectares.

Maniha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maniha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Mehnagar
Area (hectares) 47.21 hectares
Population 281
Male Population 129
Female Population 152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,178
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maniha compares

By the 2011 count Maniha is the 234th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents. Its 47.21 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Maniha

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

How far is Maniha from other places

Maniha lies about 8.5 km from Mehnagar, and the nearest railway station is Azamgarh, about 19 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 Maniha
Tehsil headquarters Mehnagar 8.5 km
Nearest railway station Azamgarh 19 km
Nearest town Lalganj 22 km

Villages closest to Maniha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maniha village had a population of 281. That makes it the 234th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents.

Maniha village has 129 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maniha has about 1178 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

Maniha covers 47.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maniha falls under Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maniha is Azamgarh, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available for Maniha.

Maniha is about 8.5 km from Mehnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maniha is in Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district. Mehnagar is about 8.5 km away. Azamgarh is about 19 km away. Lalganj is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mauli (under 2 km), Nagamalpur (under 2 km) and Dhirajipur (under 2 km).

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

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