# Manikpur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Manikpur

Manikpur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **849 people in 201 households**, the 139th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 849people (2011)
- 201households
- 71.4%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Manikpur

Of every 100 households in Manikpur in 2011, 49 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Manikpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**48%

Tap water ****5%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**84%

Use banking services ****99%**

**58%

Television ****34%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Manikpur?

■ Manikpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**962

Working population ****56.5%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 65.5% for women. 64% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 100 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 212 (44%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 68 (14%) · **■** Marginal 98 (20%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Byaspur897 people
- Chhota Mallikpur873 people
- Jayharipur857 people
- Mukundapur850 people
- Akilpur834 people
- Rautpur824 people
- Uttar Mogalpur824 people
- Hridayrampur820 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Manikpur?849 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manikpur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Manikpur?71.4% (Census 2011)