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About Marda Village

Marda is a mid sized village in Samudrapur tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 571, made up of 301 males and 270 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 630.11 hectares hectares.

Marda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marda village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Wardha
Tehsil Samudrapur
Area (hectares) 630.11 hectares
Population 571
Male Population 301
Female Population 270
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Marda compares

By the 2011 count Marda is the 59th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 630.11 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Marda

Marda 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 Marda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Marda from other places

Marda lies about 32 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Sindi, about 6.2 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 Marda
Nearest railway station Sindi 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Samudrapur 15 km
Nearest town Hinganghāt 25 km
District headquarters Wardha 32 km

Villages closest to Marda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marda village had a population of 571. That makes it the 59th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Marda village has 301 males and 270 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marda has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Marda covers 630.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Marda falls under Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Marda is Sindi, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Marda.

Marda is about 32 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marda is in Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district. Sindi is about 6.2 km away. Samudrapur is about 15 km away. Hinganghāt is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salapur (1.7 km), Gaul (2.7 km) and Krishnapur (2.8 km).

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

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