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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Marpura is a village in Lahar mandal, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh. With a population of 770 across 187 households, it has a literacy rate of 58.8%. The village is located at coordinates 25.967°N, 78.903°E and falls under postal code 477445.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Maya Devi
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- LGD code
- 453677
- Pincode
- 477445
- Post office
- Lahar
- Population
- 770
- Households
- 187
- Literacy rate
- 58.8%
- Sex ratio
- 878 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 257
- Distance to district centre
- 41 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 337 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 339 km
- Nearest railway station
- Erach Road · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Civil Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Marpura compares
By population, Marpura ranks #85 of 147 villages in Lahar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.8%
−1.8% vs mandal average
- Marpura
- 58.8%
- Lahar mandal
- 60.6%
- Bhind district
- 64.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
878
+47 vs mandal average
- Marpura
- 878
- Lahar mandal
- 831
Household size
people per home
4.1
−1.2 vs mandal average
- Marpura
- 4.1
- Lahar mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marpura at a glance
Marpura is a village of 770 people in 187 households (Census 2011) in Lahar tehsil, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, the 85th-largest of 147 villages in Lahar tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 878 women per 1,000 men. It lies 41 km from the Bhind district centre, 14 km from Jauri, the nearest town, 21 km from Erach Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 477445, served by Lahar post office; the LGD village code is 453677. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Maya Devi, and the village votes in Lahar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambrish Sharma (Guddu). The population is estimated at 908 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Marpura →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marpura · this village | 770 | 59% | — |
| Dadua · Lahar | 994 | 50% | 0.9 km SW |
| Padri Khurd · Lahar | 237 | 60% | 1.5 km W |
| Padri Khurd · Unnao | 3,630 | 66% | 1.5 km W |
| Padri Khurd · Chitrangi | 1,616 | 45% | 1.5 km W |
| Gyanpura · Lahar | 1,079 | 69% | 1.7 km E |
| Amaha · Lahar | 2,945 | 59% | 2 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Marpura
- 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)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LAHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 86
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 215.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 92.34
- Forest area (ha)
- 4
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Marpura
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Marpura
- LGD code
- 453677
- Pincode
- 477445
- Post office
- Lahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 770
- Population (projected 2026)
- 908
- Households
- 187
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 878
- Literacy rate
- 58.8%
- Coordinates
- 25.96665°N, 78.90286°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhind
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lahar
- Member of Parliament
- Sandhya Ray
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambrish Sharma (Guddu)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Maya Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Lahar
Getting there
How to reach Marpura
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal337 kmcapital
- Delhi339 km
- Hyderabad955 km
- Mumbai985 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationErach Road21 km
- Hospital / PHCCivil Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankSBI25 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil25 km
- CollegeRastrakavi Maithlisharan Gupt Mahavidyalaya chirgaon43 km
- Police stationPolice Station ,Chirgaon44 km
Same pincode
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Villages near Marpura
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)