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About Marar Village

Marar is a small village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 72 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.99 hectares hectares.

Marar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Meja
Area (hectares) 232.99 hectares
Population 132
Male Population 72
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Marar compares

By the 2011 count Marar is the 322nd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 232.99 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 919.

Getting to Marar

Marar 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 Marar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Marar from other places

Marar lies about 38 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Bevara, about 17 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 Marar
Nearest railway station Bevara 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Meja 32 km
District headquarters Allahabad 38 km
Nearest town Prayagraj 38 km

Villages closest to Marar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marar village had a population of 132. That makes it the 322nd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Marar village has 72 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marar has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Marar covers 232.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Marar falls under Meja tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Marar is Bevara, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Marar.

Marar is about 38 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marar is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Bevara is about 17 km away. Meja is about 32 km away. Allahabad is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Araji Akora (under 2 km), Badhora Ghawasan (under 2 km) and Baghora Patti (under 2 km).

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

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