About Margaon Village

Margaon is a small village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 259, made up of 134 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Margaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Margaon village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	141 hectares
Population	259
Male Population	134
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Margaon compares

By the 2011 count Margaon is the 114th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 141 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 996.

Getting to Margaon

Margaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Margaon as Available within 5 - 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 Margaon from other places

Margaon lies about 12 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 20 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 Margaon
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	4.3 km
District headquarters	Khunti	12 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	20 km

Villages closest to Margaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Margaon village had a population of 259. That makes it the 114th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Margaon village has 134 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Margaon has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Margaon is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Margaon covers 141 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.

Margaon falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Margaon is Karra, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance for Margaon.

Margaon is about 12 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Margaon is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 4.3 km away. Khunti is about 12 km away. Karra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.