About Marhand Village

Marhand is a mid sized village in Katamdag tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 538, made up of 282 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 455 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marhand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marhand village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Katamdag
Pincode	825301
Area (hectares)	455 hectares
Population	538
Male Population	282
Female Population	256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Marhand compares

By the 2011 count Marhand is the 31st largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 455 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 962.

Getting to Marhand

Marhand is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Marhand as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Marhand from other places

Marhand lies about 31 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 14 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 Marhand
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	14 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katamdag	31 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	31 km

Villages closest to Marhand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marhand village had a population of 538. That makes it the 31st largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Marhand village has 282 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marhand has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Marhand is 825301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marhand covers 455 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Marhand falls under Katamdag tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Marhand is Shivpur, about 14 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 village for Marhand.

Marhand is about 31 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marhand is in Katamdag tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Shivpur is about 14 km away. Chatrā is about 29 km away. Katamdag is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.