About Marhat Village

Marhat is a mid sized village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,191, made up of 616 males and 575 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.64 hectares hectares.

Marhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marhat village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Shahganj
Area (hectares)	313.64 hectares
Population	1,191
Male Population	616
Female Population	575
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Marhat compares

By the 2011 count Marhat is the 208th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 313.64 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Marhat

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

Marhat lies about 25 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Kheta Sarai, about 7.8 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 Marhat
Nearest railway station	Kheta Sarai	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahganj	12 km
Nearest town	Shāhganj	12 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	25 km

Villages closest to Marhat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marhat village had a population of 1,191. That makes it the 208th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Marhat village has 616 males and 575 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marhat has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Marhat covers 313.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Marhat falls under Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Marhat is Kheta Sarai, about 7.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Marhat.

Marhat is about 25 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marhat is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Kheta Sarai is about 7.8 km away. Shahganj is about 12 km away. Shāhganj is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.