About Manikpur Village

Manikpur is a small village in Deshopran tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 394, made up of 210 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manikpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Deshopran
Pincode	721401
Area (hectares)	138.8 hectares
Population	394
Male Population	210
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Manikpur compares

By the 2011 count Manikpur is the 124th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 138.8 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Manikpur

Manikpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Manikpur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Manikpur from other places

Manikpur lies about 18 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Haldia, about 3.3 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 Manikpur
Nearest railway station	Haldia	3.3 km
Nearest town	Monoharpur	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Deshopran	18 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	18 km

Villages closest to Manikpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manikpur village had a population of 394. That makes it the 124th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Manikpur village has 210 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manikpur has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Manikpur is 721401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manikpur covers 138.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manikpur falls under Deshopran tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Manikpur is Haldia, about 3.3 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 village for Manikpur.

Manikpur is about 18 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manikpur is in Deshopran tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Haldia is about 3.3 km away. Monoharpur is about 5.6 km away. Deshopran is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.