About Marenga Village

Marenga is a small village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 237 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1086.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marenga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marenga village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Lohandiguda
Pincode	493551
Area (hectares)	1086.83 hectares
Population	479
Male Population	237
Female Population	242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Marenga compares

By the 2011 count Marenga is the 50th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 1086.83 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Marenga

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

Marenga lies about 21 km from Bastar. 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 Marenga
District headquarters	Bastar	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohandiguda	33 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	36 km

Villages closest to Marenga

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.

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Common questions about Marenga

As per the Census of India 2011, Marenga village had a population of 479. That makes it the 50th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Marenga village has 237 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marenga has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Marenga is 493551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marenga covers 1086.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Marenga falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

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

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

Marenga is about 21 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marenga is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Bastar is about 21 km away. Lohandiguda is about 33 km away. Jagdalpur is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.