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- LGD code
- 429850
- Pincode
- 764037
- Post office
- Nandapur
- Population
- 1,238
- Households
- 304
- Literacy rate
- 26.9%
- Sex ratio
- 981 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 790
- Distance to district centre
- 33 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 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 #13 of 215 villages in Nandapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
26.9%
−7.4% vs mandal average
- Marua
- 26.9%
- Nandapur mandal
- 34.3%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
981
−73 vs mandal average
- Marua
- 981
- Nandapur mandal
- 1,054
Household size
people per home
4.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Marua
- 4.1
- Nandapur mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marua at a glance
Marua is a village of 1,238 people in 304 households (Census 2011) in Nandapur block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 13th-largest of 215 villages in Nandapur block. Literacy is 27%, 7 points below the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 981 women per 1,000 men. It lies 33 km from the Koraput district centre, 47 km from Ramabhadrapuram, the nearest town, 19 km from Machkunda Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764037, served by Nandapur post office; the LGD village code is 429850. The nearest hospital or health centre is New Apollo Medical Store, 17 km away. The village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 1,460 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)
- 18
- 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
- JEYPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 62
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 46
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Renga
- Total area (ha)
- 211
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Marua
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Key facts — Marua
- LGD code
- 429850
- Pincode
- 764037
- Post office
- Nandapur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,238
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,460
- Households
- 304
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 981
- Literacy rate
- 26.9%
- Coordinates
- 18.55030°N, 82.84158°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pottangi
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rama Chandra Kadam
- Block / Mandal
- Nandapur
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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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