Marwa is a village in Chhatarpur mandal, Palamu district, Jharkhand, with a population of 2,940 and 583 households. The literacy rate in the village is 55.1%.
By population, Marwa ranks #8 of 142 villages in Chhatarpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marwa is a village of 2,940 people in 583 households (Census 2011) in Chhatarpur block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 8th-largest of 142 villages in Chhatarpur block. Literacy is 55%, 9 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. It lies 204 km from the Palamu district centre, 0 km from Marwa, the nearest town, 6 km from Karanpurato railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822113, served by Chhatarpur post office; the LGD village code is 365559. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Banjhi, 1 km away. The village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 3,466 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Marwa →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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