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About Marrapi Village

Marrapi is a small village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 159 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,201 females per 1000 males. The village covers 366.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495691, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marrapi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marrapi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 495691
Area (hectares) 366.5 hectares
Population 350
Male Population 159
Female Population 191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,201
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Marrapi compares

By the 2011 count Marrapi is the 78th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 366.5 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Marrapi

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

Marrapi lies about 20 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, 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 Marrapi
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 13 km
Nearest town Kānker 13 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 20 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 29 km

Villages closest to Marrapi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marrapi village had a population of 350. That makes it the 78th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Marrapi village has 159 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marrapi has about 1201 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Marrapi is 495691. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marrapi covers 366.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Marrapi falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Marrapi is Antagarh, 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 Marrapi.

Marrapi is about 20 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marrapi is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 13 km away. Kānker is about 13 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhantulsi (1.9 km), Kalmuchche (2.3 km) and Tultuli (2.6 km).

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

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