About Marotan Village

Marotan is a small village in Jhanduta tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 241, made up of 139 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 734 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174017, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marotan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marotan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Jhanduta
Pincode	174017
Area (hectares)	44.66 hectares
Population	241
Male Population	139
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	734
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Marotan compares

By the 2011 count Marotan is the 122nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 44.66 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 972.

Getting to Marotan

Marotan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Marotan 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. The nearest villages by name are Malangan, Malari, Malhot and Malraun. 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 Marotan

As per the Census of India 2011, Marotan village had a population of 241. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Marotan village has 139 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marotan has about 734 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Marotan is 174017. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marotan covers 44.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Marotan falls under Jhanduta tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Marotan 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 Marotan.

Marotan is in Jhanduta tehsil of Bilaspur 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.