Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur
# Manikpur

Manikpur is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,241 people in 254 households, the 65th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.
- 1,241 people (2011)
- 254 households
- 86.5% literacy
- 869 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Manikpur

Of every 100 households in Manikpur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Manikpur · ■ Daspur - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 20% 70%
- Toilet within the home 41% 60%
- No toilet (open defecation) 59% 38%
- Tap water 0% 23%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 25%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 90%
- Use banking services 38% 59%
- Television 5% 36%
- Mobile phone 27% 55%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 13%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 22% 13%
- Own their home 97% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Manikpur?

■ Manikpur · ■ Daspur - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 86.5% 84.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 869 966
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 779 972
- Working population 31.3% 41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.5% for men and 76.3% for women. 56% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 168 (43%) · ■ Farm labourers 119 (31%) · ■ Household industry 4 (1%) · ■ Other work 51 (13%) · ■ Marginal 47 (12%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Daspur - I
- Baikunthapur 1,292 people
- Kadirpur Fakirbazar 1,288 people
- Dihichetua 1,285 people
- Dihipalsa 1,250 people
- Bali Pata 1,199 people
- Salampur 1,197 people
- Shrirampur 1,186 people
- Jaykrishnapur 1,176 people

All 162 villages in Daspur - I

## Other places named Manikpur
- Manikpur · Town, Haora · 19,804 people
- Manikpur · Village, Madhepura, Madhepura · 17,161 people
- Manikpur · Town, Pratapgarh · 15,435 people
- Manikpur · Village, Tarapur, Munger · 13,870 people
- Manikpur · Village, Pirpainti, Bhagalpur · 9,939 people
- Manikpur · Village, Narpatganj, Araria · 5,925 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Manikpur? 1,241 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manikpur in? Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Manikpur? 86.5% (Census 2011)

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