# Manikara Village, Sabang, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sabang, Paschim Medinipur 

# Manikara

Manikara is a village in Sabang sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,039 people in 256 households**, the 80th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,039people (2011)
- 256households
- 86.6%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Manikara

Of every 100 households in Manikara in 2011, 96 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Manikara · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**22%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**94%

Use banking services ****58%**

**48%

Television ****20%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****6%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Manikara?

■ Manikara · ■ Sabang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1015**

**952

Working population ****74.0%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 78.2% for women. 75% of men and 73% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 228 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (5%) · **■** Household industry 40 (5%) · **■** Other work 18 (2%) · **■** Marginal 443 (58%)

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 Sabang

- Khepal1,116 people
- Markanda Chak1,113 people
- Chak Chandpal1,089 people
- Hariharpur1,064 people
- Bhishindipur1,027 people
- Mashagrm1,022 people
- Manoharpur1,020 people
- Bahaibalpur998 people

[All 232 villages in Sabang](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sabang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Manikara?1,039 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manikara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Manikara?86.6% (Census 2011)