About Maranga Village

Maranga is a small village in Pathalgora tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 366, made up of 200 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maranga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maranga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Pathalgora
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	457 hectares
Population	366
Male Population	200
Female Population	166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	830
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maranga compares

By the 2011 count Maranga is the 20th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,051 residents. Its 457 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Maranga

Maranga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Maranga as Available within 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 Maranga from other places

Maranga lies about 16 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 21 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 Maranga
Tehsil headquarters	Pathalgora	16 km
District headquarters	Chatra	16 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	16 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	21 km

Villages closest to Maranga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maranga village had a population of 366. That makes it the 20th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,051 residents.

Maranga village has 200 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maranga has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Maranga is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maranga covers 457 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maranga falls under Pathalgora tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Maranga is Katkamsandi, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance for Maranga.

Maranga is about 16 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maranga is in Pathalgora tehsil of Chatra district. Pathalgora is about 16 km away. Chatra is about 16 km away. Chatrā is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.