# Manikpara Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Manikpara

Manikpara is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,239 people in 936 households**, the 1st largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 4,239people (2011)
- 936households
- 90.8%literacy
- 1,116females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Manikpara

Of every 100 households in Manikpara in 2011, 85 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Manikpara · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**86%

Tap water ****36%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**97%

Use banking services ****82%**

**34%

Television ****54%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**17%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Manikpara?

■ Manikpara · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.8%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1116**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**979

Working population ****28.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 88.3% for women. 51% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (13%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 834 (68%) · **■** Marginal 141 (12%)

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 Jhargram

- Radha Nagar3,746 people
- Lalitasol2,707 people
- Amdai2,142 people
- Gojasimul1,847 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Manikpara?4,239 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manikpara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Manikpara?90.8% (Census 2011)