About Marchanji Village

Marchanji is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 237, made up of 124 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marchanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marchanji village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181203
Area (hectares)	69.7 hectares
Population	237
Male Population	124
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
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 Marchanji compares

By the 2011 count Marchanji is the 183rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 69.7 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Marchanji

Marchanji is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Marchanji 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. The nearest villages by name are Manani, Manda, Mandrian and Manoh. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Marchanji

As per the Census of India 2011, Marchanji village had a population of 237. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Marchanji village has 124 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marchanji has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Marchanji is 181203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marchanji covers 69.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Marchanji falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Marchanji notes the nearest railway station 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 Marchanji.

Marchanji is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.