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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Marua is a village in Nandipada mandal, Kendujhar district, Odisha, with a population of 353 across 73 households. The village has a literacy rate of 81.6%. PIN code 758026.
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- LGD code
- 387229
- Pincode
- 758026
- Post office
- Talapada
- Population
- 353
- Households
- 73
- Literacy rate
- 81.6%
- Sex ratio
- 972 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 98
- Distance to district centre
- 277 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 288 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 368 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 478 km
- Nearest railway station
- Machkunda Road · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- New Apollo Medical Store · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Marua compares
By population, Marua ranks #78 of 122 villages in Nandipada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.6%
+5.0% vs mandal average
- Marua
- 81.6%
- Nandipada mandal
- 76.6%
- Kendujhar district
- 58.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
972
Same as the mandal average
- Marua
- 972
- Nandipada mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Marua
- 4.8
- Nandipada mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marua at a glance
Marua is a village of 353 people in 73 households (Census 2011) in Nandipada block, Kendujhar district, Odisha, the 78th-largest of 122 villages in Nandipada block. Literacy is 82%, 5 points above the block average of 77% and the sex ratio is 972 women per 1,000 men. It lies 277 km from the Kendujhar district centre, 47 km from Ramabhadrapuram, the nearest town, 19 km from Machkunda Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 758026, served by Talapada post office; the LGD village code is 387229. The nearest hospital or health centre is New Apollo Medical Store, 17 km away. The village votes in Ranpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surama Padhy. The population is estimated at 416 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Marua
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KENDUJHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 90
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 110
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Samana
- Total area (ha)
- 89
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 3.98
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Marua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Marua
- LGD code
- 387229
- Pincode
- 758026
- Post office
- Talapada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 353
- Population (projected 2026)
- 416
- Households
- 73
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 972
- Literacy rate
- 81.6%
- Coordinates
- 18.55030°N, 82.84158°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Puri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sambit Patra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surama Padhy
- Block / Mandal
- Nandipada
Getting there
How to reach Marua
Nearest town · 10,962 people
Ramabhadrapuram · ≈ 47 km
≈ 1 h 36 min by car · 1 h 54 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar368 kmcapital
- Hyderabad478 km
- Chennai667 km
- Kolkata728 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMachkunda Road19 km
- Bus stopSemiliguda Bus Stand17 km
- Hospital / PHCNew Apollo Medical Store17 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil30 km
- CollegeRaja college ground54 km
- Police stationLandespolizei32 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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