About Marchai Village

Marchai is a mid sized village in Dagarua tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 529, made up of 280 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares.

Marchai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marchai village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Dagarua
Area (hectares)	103 hectares
Population	529
Male Population	280
Female Population	249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Marchai compares

By the 2011 count Marchai is the 98th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Marchai

Marchai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Marchai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Majhua, Makaili, Malepali and Manikpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Marchai

As per the Census of India 2011, Marchai village had a population of 529. That makes it the 98th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents.

Marchai village has 280 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marchai has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Marchai covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Marchai falls under Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The census record for Marchai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Marchai.

Marchai is in Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.