Manakpurਮਾਨਕਪੁਰ

Where is Manakpur?

Manakpur is a village of Nangal tehsil in Rupnagar district, Punjab, in the Puadh region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Nangal, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Anandpur Sahib community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038569, and it covers 168 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,505 people in Manakpur: 762 men and 743 women, living in 290 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 168 hectares, the population density works out to about 896 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 975 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 172, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 303 people, about 20 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.77 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.09 per cent and women at 65.3 per cent. The census recorded 468 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 351 main workers, the largest group, 318, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 23 cultivators on their own land and 6 agricultural labourers. A further 117 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Manakpur's land. Of the village's 168 hectares, 69 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (11 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (58 hectares). About 35 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 25 cultivators and 23 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Manakpur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Nangal, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Nangal, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Meghpur, Patti, Dohkli and Jol.

What is the population of Manakpur?

The population of Manakpur was 1,505 at the 2011 census, living in 290 households in Nangal tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Manakpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Manakpur has a government primary school, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.