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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Marwa is a village in Bisfi mandal, Madhubani district, Bihar. It has a population of 1,599 across 382 households, with a literacy rate of 51.7%.
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- LGD code
- 220364
- Pincode
- 847102
- Post office
- Basaith Chandpura
- Population
- 1,599
- Households
- 382
- Literacy rate
- 51.7%
- Sex ratio
- 904 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 439
- Distance to district centre
- 197 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 223 km
- Distance to Patna
- 260 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 293 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karanpurato · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC, Banjhi · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Marwa compares
By population, Marwa ranks #46 of 57 villages in Bisfi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.7%
+7.5% vs mandal average
- Marwa
- 51.7%
- Bisfi mandal
- 44.2%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
904
−8 vs mandal average
- Marwa
- 904
- Bisfi mandal
- 912
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Marwa
- 4.2
- Bisfi mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marwa at a glance
Marwa is a village of 1,599 people in 382 households (Census 2011) in Bisfi block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 46th-largest of 57 villages in Bisfi block. Literacy is 52%, 8 points above the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 904 women per 1,000 men. It lies 197 km from the Madhubani district centre, 0 km from Marwa, the nearest town, 6 km from Karanpurato railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847102, served by Basaith Chandpura post office; the LGD village code is 220364. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Banjhi, 1 km away. The village votes in Bisfi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Asif Ahmad. The population is estimated at 1,885 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Marwa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DARBHANGA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Marwa
- Total area (ha)
- 97.9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Marwa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Marwa
- LGD code
- 220364
- Pincode
- 847102
- Post office
- Basaith Chandpura
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,599
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,885
- Households
- 382
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 904
- Literacy rate
- 51.7%
- Coordinates
- 25.13475°N, 87.67158°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhubani
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bisfi
- Member of Parliament
- Ashok Kumar Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Asif Ahmad
- Block / Mandal
- Bisfi
Getting there
How to reach Marwa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna260 kmcapital
- Kolkata293 km
- Delhi1107 km
- Hyderabad1283 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaranpurato6 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC, Banjhi1 km
- CollegeD S College45 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)45 km
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Other villages in Bisfi mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)