About Maricha Village

Maricha is one of the larger villages in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Jamui, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,568, made up of 2,894 males and 2,674 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1764 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 811313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maricha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maricha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Jamui
Tehsil	Sikandra
Pincode	811313
Area (hectares)	1764 hectares
Population	5,568
Male Population	2,894
Female Population	2,674
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maricha compares

By the 2011 count Maricha is the 6th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,324 residents. Its 1764 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Maricha

Maricha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maricha as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maricha from other places

Maricha lies about 9.5 km from Jamui. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Maricha
District headquarters	Jamui	9.5 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sikandra	11 km

Villages closest to Maricha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sikandra tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Maricha

As per the Census of India 2011, Maricha village had a population of 5,568. That makes it the 6th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,324 residents.

Maricha village has 2,894 males and 2,674 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maricha has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Maricha is 811313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maricha covers 1764 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maricha falls under Sikandra tehsil of Jamui district in Bihar.

The census record for Maricha notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Maricha.

Maricha is about 9.5 km from Jamui in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maricha is in Sikandra tehsil of Jamui district. Jamui is about 9.5 km away. Jamūī is about 9.5 km away. Sikandra is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.