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About Marauja Village

Marauja is a small village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 456, made up of 257 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 774 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.43 hectares hectares.

Marauja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marauja village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 134.43 hectares
Population 456
Male Population 257
Female Population 199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 774
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Marauja compares

By the 2011 count Marauja is the 339th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 134.43 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 929.

Getting to Marauja

Marauja is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Marauja as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Marauja from other places

Marauja lies about 5.2 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Sakaldiha, about 4.0 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 Marauja
Nearest railway station Sakaldiha 4.0 km
District headquarters Chandauli 5.2 km

Villages closest to Marauja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marauja village had a population of 456. That makes it the 339th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Marauja village has 257 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marauja has about 774 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Marauja covers 134.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Marauja falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Marauja is Sakaldiha, about 4.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Marauja.

Marauja is about 5.2 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marauja is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Sakaldiha is about 4.0 km away. Chandauli is about 5.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jamunipur (under 2 km), Bisundhari (under 2 km) and Bahorikpur (1.8 km).

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

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