About Marwa Village

Marwa is a mid sized village in Kanke tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,274, made up of 633 males and 641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 815 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Kanke
Pincode	835222
Area (hectares)	815 hectares
Population	1,274
Male Population	633
Female Population	641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Marwa compares

By the 2011 count Marwa is the 60th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents. Its 815 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Marwa

Marwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Marwa as Available within 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 Marwa from other places

Marwa lies about 20 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Shanki, about 16 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 Marwa
Nearest town	Rātu	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanke	12 km
Nearest railway station	Shanki	16 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	20 km

Villages closest to Marwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marwa village had a population of 1,274. That makes it the 60th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents.

Marwa village has 633 males and 641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marwa has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Marwa is 835222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marwa covers 815 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Marwa falls under Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Marwa is Shanki, about 16 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 village for Marwa.

Marwa is about 20 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marwa is in Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district. Rātu is about 9.8 km away. Kanke is about 12 km away. Shanki is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.