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About Maroda Village

Maroda is a mid sized village in Itarsi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,393, made up of 736 males and 657 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 878.87 hectares hectares.

Maroda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maroda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Itarsi
Area (hectares) 878.87 hectares
Population 1,393
Male Population 736
Female Population 657
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Maroda compares

By the 2011 count Maroda is the 31st largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents. Its 878.87 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 939.

Getting to Maroda

Maroda is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Maroda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maroda from other places

Maroda lies about 21 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Gurra, about 5.9 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 Maroda
Nearest railway station Gurra 5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Itarsi 17 km
Nearest town Itārsi 17 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 21 km

Villages closest to Maroda

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

Common questions about Maroda

As per the Census of India 2011, Maroda village had a population of 1,393. That makes it the 31st largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents.

Maroda village has 736 males and 657 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maroda has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Maroda covers 878.87 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.

Maroda falls under Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maroda is Gurra, about 5.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Maroda.

Maroda is about 21 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maroda is in Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Gurra is about 5.9 km away. Itarsi is about 17 km away. Itārsi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Guwadikalan (2.3 km), Kesla Khurd (2.9 km) and Dhobi Khapa (3.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Maroda today is likely to be higher.

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