[2][3] Manjhi was born in Tajpur in the Saran district of Bihar in 1925 in a Dalit family.

At the age of 10, he joined the drama team of Bhikhari Thakur and until his demise (1971) he worked with him.

[4] In his life he performed before many big names like Suraiya, Waheeda Rehman, Meena Kumari, Helen etc.

In 2017, he won the Sangeet Natak Academy award, however his felicitation happened in 2019 by the President of India.

He died on 7 September 2022 at IGIMS, Patna at the age of 97 due to heart related disease.