# Manikara Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Manikara

Manikara is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,348 people in 304 households**, the 32nd largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,348people (2011)
- 304households
- 73.1%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Manikara

Of every 100 households in Manikara in 2011, 50 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Manikara · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**68%

Tap water ****4%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****38%**

**70%

Use banking services ****83%**

**68%

Television ****31%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Manikara?

■ Manikara · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1041**

**976

Working population ****43.6%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 63.8% for women. 63% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 54 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 224 (38%) · **■** Other work 175 (30%) · **■** Marginal 135 (23%)

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 Kanksa

- Beharpur1,485 people
- Kajladihi1,416 people
- Rupganj1,372 people
- Sokna1,371 people
- Sundiara1,300 people
- Basudebpur1,285 people
- Bankati1,255 people
- Kandarkona1,253 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Manikara?1,348 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manikara in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Manikara?73.1% (Census 2011)