About Marwa Village

Marwa is a mid sized village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 567, made up of 274 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Lawalaung
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	245.09 hectares
Population	567
Male Population	274
Female Population	293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
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 Marwa compares

By the 2011 count Marwa is the 36th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 245.09 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Marwa

Marwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Marwa 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 Marwa from other places

Marwa lies about 19 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Bukru, about 37 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 Marwa
Tehsil headquarters	Lawalaung	19 km
District headquarters	Chatra	19 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	19 km
Nearest railway station	Bukru	37 km

Villages closest to Marwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marwa village had a population of 567. That makes it the 36th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Marwa village has 274 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marwa has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

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

Marwa covers 245.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Marwa falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Marwa is Bukru, about 37 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 Marwa.

Marwa is about 19 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marwa is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 19 km away. Chatra is about 19 km away. Chatrā is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.