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- LGD code
- 50926
- Pincode
- 263642
- Post office
- Bageshwar
- Population
- 55
- Households
- 13
- Literacy rate
- 78.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1037 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 24
- Distance to district centre
- 10 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 168 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 281 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 70 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bageshwar Governnment Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Manikhet compares
By population, Manikhet ranks #199 of 269 villages in Bageshwar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.2%
+5.8% vs mandal average
- Manikhet
- 78.2%
- Bageshwar mandal
- 72.4%
- Bageshwar district
- 69.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,037
−1 vs mandal average
- Manikhet
- 1,037
- Bageshwar mandal
- 1,038
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Manikhet
- 4.2
- Bageshwar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Manikhet at a glance
Manikhet is a village of 55 people in 13 households (Census 2011) in Bageshwar tehsil, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, the 199th-largest of 269 villages in Bageshwar tehsil. Literacy is 78%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,037 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Bageshwar district centre, 32 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 70 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263642, served by Bageshwar post office; the LGD village code is 50926. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bageshwar Governnment Hospital, 8 km away. The village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 65 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Manikhet
- LGD code
- 50926
- Pincode
- 263642
- Post office
- Bageshwar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 55
- Population (projected 2026)
- 65
- Households
- 13
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1037
- Literacy rate
- 78.2%
- Coordinates
- 29.88370°N, 79.70858°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bageshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandan Ram Dass
- Block / Mandal
- Bageshwar
Getting there
How to reach Manikhet
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun168 kmcapital
- Delhi281 km
- Kolkata1185 km
- Mumbai1386 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam70 km
- Bus stopbageshwar bus station10 km
- Hospital / PHCBageshwar Governnment Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankAlmora Urban Cooperative Bank Limited8 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum30 km
- CollegeGovt Post Graduate College8 km
- Police stationMallital Police Station60 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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