# Manhkar Village, Dobhi, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Dobhi, Gaya 

# Manhkar

Manhkar is a village in Dobhi sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,048 people in 185 households**, the 54th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.9%.

- 1,048people (2011)
- 185households
- 56.8%literacy
- 1,027females per 1,000 males

## Manhkar PIN code and other codes

Manhkar falls in Dobhi sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDobhi
- Community development blockDobhi
- Census village code256459

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

## How far is Manhkar from nearby towns?

- Dobhi (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)34 km by road
- Sherghati (nearest town)14 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 Manhkar?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Manhkar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Amrut
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Amarut
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ghoraghat
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

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 Manhkar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 93% of the 51 hectares of village land is sown, and 47 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 Manhkar

Of every 100 households in Manhkar in 2011, 1 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Manhkar · ■ Dobhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**95%

Use banking services ****59%**

**50%

Television ****13%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**2%

None of these assets ****39%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Manhkar?

■ Manhkar · ■ Dobhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.8%**

**53.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1027**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1065**

**992

Working population ****61.0%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.2% for men and 49.4% for women. 68% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 240 (38%) · **■** Household industry 28 (4%) · **■** Other work 174 (27%) · **■** Marginal 117 (18%)

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 Dobhi

- Barmoriya1,145 people
- Gointha Mittha1,122 people
- Singh Pokhar1,089 people
- Lahuari1,062 people
- Sabal Bigha1,023 people
- Khapiya1,001 people
- Ghir Sindi Kalan993 people
- Sita Chak983 people

[All 130 villages in Dobhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/dobhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Manhkar from Gaya?34 km by road
- What is the population of Manhkar?1,048 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manhkar in?Gaya district (Dobhi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Manhkar?56.8% (Census 2011)