About Marwa Village

Marwa is a small village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 113 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,265 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Chainpur
Pincode	835206
Area (hectares)	356.1 hectares
Population	256
Male Population	113
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,265
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 78th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 682 residents. Its 356.1 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1003.

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 144 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 4.8 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
Nearest town	Garhwa	3.0 km
Nearest railway station	Garwa	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chainpur	29 km
District headquarters	Gumla	144 km

Villages closest to Marwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chainpur 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 256. That makes it the 78th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 682 residents.

Marwa village has 113 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marwa has about 1265 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Marwa is 835206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marwa covers 356.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Marwa falls under Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Marwa is Garwa, about 4.8 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 144 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marwa is in Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district. Garhwa is about 3.0 km away. Garwa is about 4.8 km away. Chainpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.