About Margarha Village

Margarha is a mid sized village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 794, made up of 417 males and 377 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1351 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Margarha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Margarha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kunda
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	1351 hectares
Population	794
Male Population	417
Female Population	377
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Margarha compares

By the 2011 count Margarha is the 6th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 1351 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Margarha

Margarha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Margarha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Margarha from other places

Margarha lies about 29 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 38 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 Margarha
Tehsil headquarters	Kunda	12 km
District headquarters	Chatra	29 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	29 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	38 km

Villages closest to Margarha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Margarha village had a population of 794. That makes it the 6th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Margarha village has 417 males and 377 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Margarha has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Margarha is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Margarha covers 1351 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Margarha falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Margarha is Balumath, about 38 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Margarha.

Margarha is about 29 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Margarha is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 12 km away. Chatra is about 29 km away. Chatrā is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.