About Manikpara Village

Manikpara is a large village in Jhargram tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,239, made up of 2,003 males and 2,236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,116 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721513, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikpara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Jhargram
Pincode	721513
Area (hectares)	277.01 hectares
Population	4,239
Male Population	2,003
Female Population	2,236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,116
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Manikpara compares

By the 2011 count Manikpara is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 358 residents. Its 277.01 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Manikpara

Manikpara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Manikpara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Manikpara from other places

Manikpara lies about 35 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Sardiha, about 1.7 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 Manikpara
Nearest railway station	Sardiha	1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jhargram	16 km
Nearest town	Jhārgrām	16 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	35 km

Villages closest to Manikpara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manikpara village had a population of 4,239. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 358 residents.

Manikpara village has 2,003 males and 2,236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpara has about 1116 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Manikpara is 721513. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikpara covers 277.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Manikpara falls under Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Manikpara is Sardiha, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Manikpara.

Manikpara is about 35 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpara is in Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Sardiha is about 1.7 km away. Jhargram is about 16 km away. Jhārgrām is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.