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About Marora Village

Marora is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 185, made up of 72 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,569 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249300, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marora village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249300
Area (hectares) 249.63 hectares
Population 185
Male Population 72
Female Population 113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,569
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Marora compares

By the 2011 count Marora is the 160th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 249.63 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Marora

Marora is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Marora 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Marora from other places

Marora lies about 4.8 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 37 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 Marora
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 4.8 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 4.8 km
Nearest town Tehri 4.8 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 37 km

Villages closest to Marora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marora village had a population of 185. That makes it the 160th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Marora village has 72 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marora has about 1569 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Marora is 249300. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marora covers 249.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Marora falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Marora is Harrawala, about 37 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 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 Marora.

Marora is about 4.8 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marora is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 4.8 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 4.8 km away. Tehri is about 4.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koti (2.1 km), Nagar (2.3 km) and Jakhanimay Ghildiyalgaon (2.4 km).

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

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