About Marbal Village

Marbal is a small village in Lahul tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 19 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,105 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marbal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marbal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Lahul
Pincode	175132
Area (hectares)	38.86 hectares
Population	40
Male Population	19
Female Population	21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,105
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Marbal compares

By the 2011 count Marbal is the 67th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 38.86 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 1020.

Getting to Marbal

Marbal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Marbal as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Marbal from other places

Marbal lies about 87 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 16 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 Marbal
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	16 km
Nearest town	Mandi	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lahul	30 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	87 km

Villages closest to Marbal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marbal village had a population of 40. That makes it the 67th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Marbal village has 19 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marbal has about 1105 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Marbal is 175132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marbal covers 38.86 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.

Marbal falls under Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Marbal is Buffer Stop, about 16 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Marbal.

Marbal is about 87 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marbal is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Buffer Stop is about 16 km away. Mandi is about 20 km away. Lahul is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.