# Manikpur Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Manikpur

Manikpur is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **481 people in 79 households**, the 57th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 481people (2011)
- 79households
- 73.5%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Manikpur

Of every 100 households in Manikpur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Manikpur · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**89%

Tap water ****99%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**9%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**71%

Use banking services ****100%**

**46%

Television ****24%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**22%

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 Manikpur?

■ Manikpur · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1086**

**964

Working population ****27.4%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 60.9% for women. 52% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 37 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (7%) · **■** Other work 34 (26%) · **■** Marginal 52 (39%)

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 Raghunathpur - I

- Narator552 people
- Jayramdi522 people
- Shikratanr511 people
- Amtor491 people
- Juludi478 people
- Shimlon476 people
- Kunja Bihari475 people
- Jarukhamar473 people

[All 102 villages in Raghunathpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Manikpur?481 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manikpur in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Manikpur?73.5% (Census 2011)