About Mardum Village

Mardum is a large village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,471, made up of 1,305 males and 1,166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3343.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mardum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mardum village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Lohandiguda
Pincode	494010
Area (hectares)	3343.28 hectares
Population	2,471
Male Population	1,305
Female Population	1,166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mardum compares

By the 2011 count Mardum is the 6th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 3343.28 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Mardum

Mardum is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mardum as Available. 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 Mardum from other places

Mardum lies about 32 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 20 km away. 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 Mardum
Tehsil headquarters	Lohandiguda	14 km
Nearest railway station	Silak Jhori	20 km
District headquarters	Bastar	32 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	42 km

Villages closest to Mardum

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Mardum

As per the Census of India 2011, Mardum village had a population of 2,471. That makes it the 6th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Mardum village has 1,305 males and 1,166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mardum has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Mardum is 494010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mardum covers 3343.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mardum falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Mardum is Silak Jhori, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Mardum is about 32 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mardum is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Lohandiguda is about 14 km away. Silak Jhori is about 20 km away. Bastar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.