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About Manipur Village

Manipur is a small village in Dhaniakhali tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 464, made up of 229 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manipur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Dhaniakhali
Pincode 712303
Area (hectares) 95.38 hectares
Population 464
Male Population 229
Female Population 235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Manipur compares

By the 2011 count Manipur is the 191st largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents. Its 95.38 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Manipur

Manipur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Manipur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Manipur from other places

Manipur lies about 31 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Bargachia, about 7.9 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 Manipur
Nearest railway station Bargachia 7.9 km
Nearest town Dhulagari 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhaniakhali 27 km
District headquarters Hugli 31 km

Villages closest to Manipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manipur village had a population of 464. That makes it the 191st largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents.

Manipur village has 229 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manipur has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Manipur is 712303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manipur covers 95.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manipur falls under Dhaniakhali tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Manipur is Bargachia, about 7.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Manipur.

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

Manipur is in Dhaniakhali tehsil of Hugli district. Bargachia is about 7.9 km away. Dhulagari is about 17 km away. Dhaniakhali 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 Banshipur (under 2 km), Basipur (under 2 km) and Bhabanipur (under 2 km).

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

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