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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LALJI
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- LGD code
- 172742
- Pincode
- 271831
- Post office
- Bhinga
- Population
- 631
- Households
- 125
- Literacy rate
- 41.7%
- Sex ratio
- 813 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 314
Census 2011 · in context
How Manka Chowk compares
By population, Manka Chowk ranks #165 of 196 villages in Bhinga mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.7%
+7.2% vs mandal average
- Manka Chowk
- 41.7%
- Bhinga mandal
- 34.5%
- Shrawasti district
- 37.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
813
−53 vs mandal average
- Manka Chowk
- 813
- Bhinga mandal
- 866
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Manka Chowk
- 5.0
- Bhinga mandal
- 5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Manka Chowk at a glance
Manka Chowk is a village of 631 people in 125 households (Census 2011) in Bhinga tehsil, Shrawasti district, Uttar Pradesh, the 165th-largest of 196 villages in Bhinga tehsil. Literacy is 42%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 35% and the sex ratio is 813 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 271831, served by Bhinga post office; the LGD village code is 172742. The sarpanch is LALJI, and the village votes in Mahmoodabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Asha Maurya. The population is estimated at 744 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Manka Chowk
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHINGA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PATJHIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 298.56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 201.42
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Manka Chowk
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Manka Chowk
- LGD code
- 172742
- Pincode
- 271831
- Post office
- Bhinga
- Population (Census 2011)
- 631
- Population (projected 2026)
- 744
- Households
- 125
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 813
- Literacy rate
- 41.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sitapur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahmoodabad
- Member of Parliament
- Rakesh Rathore
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Asha Maurya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LALJI
- Block / Mandal
- Bhinga
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)