About Marga Village

Marga is a small village in Manora tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 253 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 443.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marga village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Tehsil	Manora
Pincode	495551
Area (hectares)	443.73 hectares
Population	478
Male Population	253
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Marga compares

By the 2011 count Marga is the 56th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 443.73 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 989.

Getting to Marga

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

Marga lies about 13 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 77 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 Marga
Tehsil headquarters	Manora	7.4 km
District headquarters	Jashpur	13 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	13 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	77 km

Villages closest to Marga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marga village had a population of 478. That makes it the 56th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Marga village has 253 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marga has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Marga is 495551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marga covers 443.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Marga falls under Manora tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Marga is Lohardaga, about 77 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 Marga.

Marga is about 13 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marga is in Manora tehsil of Jashpur district. Manora is about 7.4 km away. Jashpur is about 13 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.