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About Maraiguda Village

Maraiguda is a mid sized village in Konta tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,019, made up of 509 males and 510 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2858.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maraiguda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maraiguda village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Konta
Pincode 494114
Area (hectares) 2858.69 hectares
Population 1,019
Male Population 509
Female Population 510
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maraiguda compares

By the 2011 count Maraiguda is the 16th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 2858.69 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Maraiguda

Maraiguda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maraiguda as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Maraiguda from other places

Maraiguda lies about 21 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 29 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 Maraiguda
Tehsil headquarters Konta 21 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 21 km
Nearest railway station Kirandul 29 km
Nearest town Bacheli 30 km

Villages closest to Maraiguda

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

Common questions about Maraiguda

As per the Census of India 2011, Maraiguda village had a population of 1,019. That makes it the 16th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Maraiguda village has 509 males and 510 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maraiguda has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Maraiguda is 494114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maraiguda covers 2858.69 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.

Maraiguda falls under Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Maraiguda is Kirandul, about 29 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 10+ km distance for Maraiguda.

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

Maraiguda is in Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Konta is about 21 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 21 km away. Kirandul is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Korrapad (2.8 km), Singa Ram (2.8 km) and Singaram (2.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Maraiguda today is likely to be higher.

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