About Manipur Village

Manipur is a mid sized village in Jaipur tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 575, made up of 284 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723201, 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	Puruliya
Tehsil	Jaipur
Pincode	723201
Area (hectares)	146.32 hectares
Population	575
Male Population	284
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Manipur compares

By the 2011 count Manipur is the 75th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents. Its 146.32 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Manipur

Manipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Manipur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 47 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Pundhag, about 14 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	Pundhag	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaipur	22 km
Nearest town	Chas	26 km
District headquarters	Puruliya	47 km

Villages closest to Manipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manipur village had a population of 575. That makes it the 75th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents.

Manipur village has 284 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manipur has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Manipur is 723201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manipur covers 146.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manipur falls under Jaipur tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Manipur is Pundhag, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Manipur.

Manipur is about 47 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manipur is in Jaipur tehsil of Puruliya district. Pundhag is about 14 km away. Jaipur is about 22 km away. Chas is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.