# Manikpur Village, Pirpainti, Bhagalpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Pirpainti, Bhagalpur 

# Manikpur

Manikpur is a village in Pirpainti sub-district of Bhagalpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **9,939 people in 1,860 households**, the 5th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.7%.

- 9,939people (2011)
- 1,860households
- 67.7%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Manikpur PIN code and other codes

Manikpur falls in Pirpainti sub-district, Bhagalpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatManikpur
- Community development blockPirpainti
- Census village code239008

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Manikpur from nearby towns?

- Pirpainti (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Bhagalpur (district HQ)55 km by road
- Colgong (nearest town)26 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Manikpur?

25 services counted by the Census are inside Manikpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Colgong
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 2 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Manikpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 67% of the 796 hectares of village land is sown, and 256 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Manikpur

Of every 100 households in Manikpur in 2011, 21 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Manikpur · ■ Pirpainti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**80%

Tap water ****23%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**91%

Use banking services ****49%**

**33%

Television ****29%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Manikpur?

■ Manikpur · ■ Pirpainti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**56.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**871

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**945

Working population ****27.2%**

**35.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 59.5% for women. 42% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 409 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 592 (22%) · **■** Household industry 153 (6%) · **■** Other work 907 (34%) · **■** Marginal 640 (24%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pirpainti

- Khawaspur Diara urf Topra35,545 people
- Sirmatpur21,975 people
- Rifadpur19,129 people
- Bakarpur Ogairah15,202 people
- Moheshram9,646 people
- Pirpainti9,021 people
- Rajgaon Arazi6,970 people
- Gobindpur6,744 people

[All 114 villages in Pirpainti](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhagalpur/pirpainti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Manikpur from Bhagalpur?55 km by road
- What is the population of Manikpur?9,939 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manikpur in?Bhagalpur district (Pirpainti sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Manikpur?67.7% (Census 2011)