About Maroda Village

Maroda is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,486, made up of 772 males and 714 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 549.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491885, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maroda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maroda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Khairagarh
Pincode	491885
Area (hectares)	549.85 hectares
Population	1,486
Male Population	772
Female Population	714
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maroda compares

By the 2011 count Maroda is the 21st largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 549.85 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Maroda

Maroda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maroda as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Maroda from other places

Maroda lies about 38 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 25 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 Maroda
Tehsil headquarters	Khairagarh	17 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	17 km
Nearest railway station	Rasmara	25 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	38 km

Villages closest to Maroda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maroda village had a population of 1,486. That makes it the 21st largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Maroda village has 772 males and 714 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maroda has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Maroda is 491885. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maroda covers 549.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maroda falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Maroda is Rasmara, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance for Maroda.

Maroda is about 38 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maroda is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 17 km away. Khairāgarh is about 17 km away. Rasmara is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.