# Manikpur Village, Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Manikpur

Manikpur is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **595 people in 120 households**, the 86th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 595people (2011)
- 120households
- 91.7%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Manikpur

Of every 100 households in Manikpur in 2011, 70 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Manikpur · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****52%**

**31%

Television ****34%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**32%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.7%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**922

Working population ****35.0%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.3% for men and 90.0% for women. 53% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (10%) · **■** Other work 121 (58%) · **■** Marginal 44 (21%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Gagra Char709 people
- Hazra Kata651 people
- Anantapur Part-I602 people
- Bara Nagar595 people
- Moujbrindabanpur589 people
- Dhaneshwarpur480 people
- Mansakata Bharat Chak461 people
- Sultanpur399 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Manikpur?595 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manikpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Manikpur?91.7% (Census 2011)