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About Manjkhet Village

Manjkhet is a small village in Pratapnagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 311, made up of 129 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,411 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manjkhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manjkhet village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Pratapnagar
Pincode 249165
Area (hectares) 56.41 hectares
Population 311
Male Population 129
Female Population 182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,411
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manjkhet compares

By the 2011 count Manjkhet is the 93rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 56.41 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1142.

Getting to Manjkhet

Manjkhet is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Manjkhet as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Manjkhet from other places

Manjkhet lies about 14 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 50 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 Manjkhet
Tehsil headquarters Pratapnagar 9.0 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 14 km
Nearest town Tehri 14 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 50 km

Villages closest to Manjkhet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manjkhet village had a population of 311. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Manjkhet village has 129 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manjkhet has about 1411 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1142.

The pincode recorded for Manjkhet is 249165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manjkhet covers 56.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manjkhet falls under Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Manjkhet is Rishikesh, about 50 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Manjkhet.

Manjkhet is about 14 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manjkhet is in Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Pratapnagar is about 9.0 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 14 km away. Tehri is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khitta (under 2 km), Galyakhet (under 2 km) and Pokhari (under 2 km).

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

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