About Marha Village

Marha is a mid sized village in Ghatampur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,518, made up of 823 males and 695 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 456.08 hectares hectares.

Marha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Nagar
Tehsil	Ghatampur
Area (hectares)	456.08 hectares
Population	1,518
Male Population	823
Female Population	695
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Marha compares

By the 2011 count Marha is the 126th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents. Its 456.08 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Marha

Marha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Marha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Marha from other places

Marha lies about 43 km from Kanpur Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Pokhrayan, about under 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 Marha
Nearest town	Pukhrāyān	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Pokhrayan	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatampur	35 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Nagar	43 km

Villages closest to Marha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marha village had a population of 1,518. That makes it the 126th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents.

Marha village has 823 males and 695 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marha has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 862.

Marha covers 456.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Marha falls under Ghatampur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Marha is Pokhrayan, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Marha.

Marha is about 43 km from Kanpur Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marha is in Ghatampur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district. Pukhrāyān is about under 2 km away. Pokhrayan is about under 2 km away. Ghatampur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.