About Marla Village

Marla is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 347, made up of 187 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marla village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	161.58 hectares
Population	347
Male Population	187
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
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 Marla compares

By the 2011 count Marla is the 81st largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 161.58 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Marla

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

Marla lies about 36 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 28 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 Marla
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	9.1 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	28 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	36 km

Villages closest to Marla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marla village had a population of 347. That makes it the 81st largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Marla village has 187 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marla has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

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

Marla covers 161.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Marla falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Marla is Chakradharpur, about 28 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 Marla.

Marla is about 36 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marla is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 9.1 km away. Chakradharpur is about 28 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.