About Marbhanga Village

Marbhanga is a small village in Kundhit tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 144 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815359, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marbhanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marbhanga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Kundhit
Pincode	815359
Area (hectares)	147.53 hectares
Population	269
Male Population	144
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
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 Marbhanga compares

By the 2011 count Marbhanga is the 109th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 550 residents. Its 147.53 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 983.

Getting to Marbhanga

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

Marbhanga lies about 31 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 23 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 Marbhanga
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	23 km
Nearest town	Dumka	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kundhit	31 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	31 km

Villages closest to Marbhanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marbhanga village had a population of 269. That makes it the 109th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 550 residents.

Marbhanga village has 144 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marbhanga has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Marbhanga is 815359. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marbhanga covers 147.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Marbhanga falls under Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Marbhanga is Basukinath Railway Station, about 23 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 Marbhanga.

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

Marbhanga is in Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 23 km away. Dumka is about 30 km away. Kundhit is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.