Maniawan


Maniawan is a village in Silao subdistrict of Nalanda district, Bihar. As of 2011, it has a population of 5,368, in 918 households.

History

Hiranand Sastri identified Maniawan with the village of Maṇivāṭaka identified in a copper-plate grant issued at Munger by Devapala of Bengal in the early 800s. The grant identified Maṇivāṭaka as belonging to the naya of Ajapura, in the vishaya of Rājagṛha. In the grant, the revenues from Maṇivāṭaka and several other villages, along with all of their attached fields, pastures, and mango and madhuka orchards, were granted tax-exempt for the upkeep of a Buddhist monastery at Nalanda that had been founded by the king Balaputra of Srivijaya.

Demographics

As of 2011, Maniawan had a population of 5,368, in 918 households. This population was 51.9% male and 48.1% female. The 0-6 age group numbered 936, making up 17.4% of the total population. 1,590 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 29.6% of the total.
The 1961 census recorded Maniawan as having a total population of 1,710 people, in 253 households and 201 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 972 acres and it had a primary school at that point.

Infrastructure

As of 2011, Maniawan had 1 primary school and 1 primary health sub centre. Drinking water was provided by well, hand pump, and tube well/borehole; there was at least one public toilet. The village did not have a post office or public library; there was at least some access to electricity for all purposes. Streets were made of both kachcha and pakka materials.