Manikpur is a village in Boarijor mandal, Godda district, Jharkhand, with a population of 993 across 184 households. The village has a literacy rate of 41.3%, the highest among the listed villages, and PIN code 814155.
By population, Manikpur ranks #39 of 415 villages in Boarijor mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Manikpur is a village of 993 people in 184 households (Census 2011) in Boarijor block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 39th-largest of 415 villages in Boarijor block. Literacy is 41%, 4 points above the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 994 women per 1,000 men. It lies 71 km from the Godda district centre, 7 km from Jamnagar, the nearest town, 2 km from Murli Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814155, served by Basantrai post office; the LGD village code is 356086. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital , Chhota Chitolia, 3 km away. The sarpanch is DLEEP TUDU, and the village votes in Poreyahat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Yadav. The population is estimated at 1,171 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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