About Maroud Village

Maroud is a large village in Kurud tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,911, made up of 1,475 males and 1,436 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 813.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493663, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maroud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maroud village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Kurud
Pincode	493663
Area (hectares)	813.1 hectares
Population	2,911
Male Population	1,475
Female Population	1,436
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Maroud compares

By the 2011 count Maroud is the 10th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents. Its 813.1 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Maroud

Maroud is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maroud as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maroud from other places

Maroud lies about 26 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Kurud, about 6.3 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 Maroud
Nearest railway station	Kurud	6.3 km
Nearest town	Nawāpāra	20 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	26 km

Villages closest to Maroud

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maroud village had a population of 2,911. That makes it the 10th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents.

Maroud village has 1,475 males and 1,436 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maroud has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Maroud is 493663. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maroud covers 813.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maroud falls under Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Maroud is Kurud, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Maroud is about 26 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maroud is in Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district. Kurud is about 6.3 km away. Nawāpāra is about 20 km away. Dhamtari is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.