About Marpa Village

Marpa is a small village in Ichak tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 422, made up of 215 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marpa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marpa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Ichak
Pincode	825402
Area (hectares)	184.81 hectares
Population	422
Male Population	215
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
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 Marpa compares

By the 2011 count Marpa is the 61st largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,282 residents. Its 184.81 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Marpa

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

Marpa lies about 22 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Padma, about 18 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 Marpa
Tehsil headquarters	Ichak	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Padma	18 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	22 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	22 km

Villages closest to Marpa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marpa village had a population of 422. That makes it the 61st largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,282 residents.

Marpa village has 215 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marpa has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Marpa is 825402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marpa covers 184.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Marpa falls under Ichak tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Marpa is Padma, about 18 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 Marpa.

Marpa is about 22 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marpa is in Ichak tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Ichak is about 9.8 km away. Padma is about 18 km away. Hazaribagh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.