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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Marwa is a village in Itkhori mandal, Chatra district, Jharkhand, with a population of 271 across 52 households. The village has a literacy rate of 52.8% and is located at coordinates 25.135°N, 87.672°E with PIN code 825401.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RINA DEVI
Contact: 70****3249
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- LGD code
- 349002
- Pincode
- 825401
- Post office
- Chatra (Chatra)
- Population
- 271
- Households
- 52
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Sex ratio
- 978 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 102
- Distance to district centre
- 197 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 186 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 311 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 #79 of 159 villages in Itkhori mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.8%
−3.0% vs mandal average
Marwa52.8%
Itkhori mandal55.8%
Chatra district48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
978
−1 vs mandal average
Marwa978
Itkhori mandal979
Household size
people per home
5.2
−0.9 vs mandal average
Marwa5.2
Itkhori mandal6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marwa at a glance
Marwa is a village of 271 people in 52 households (Census 2011) in Itkhori block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 79th-largest of 159 villages in Itkhori block. Literacy is 53%, 3 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 978 women per 1,000 men. It lies 197 km from the Chatra district centre, 0 km from Marwa, the nearest town, 6 km from Karanpurato railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825401, served by Chatra (Chatra) post office; the LGD village code is 349002. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Banjhi, 1 km away. The sarpanch is RINA DEVI. The population is estimated at 320 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)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 1
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHANKHORI
- Total area (ha)
- 34.43
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- 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
- 349002
- Pincode
- 825401
- Post office
- Chatra (Chatra)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 271
- Population (projected 2026)
- 320
- Households
- 52
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 978
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Coordinates
- 25.13475°N, 87.67158°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RINA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Itkhori
Getting there
How to reach Marwa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi311 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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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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