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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Marha is a village in Garautha mandal, Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 1,341 across 240 households and a literacy rate of 63.5%. The village has postal code 284204.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
mohan lal
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- LGD code
- 152377
- Pincode
- 284204
- Post office
- Mauranipur
- Population
- 1,341
- Households
- 240
- Literacy rate
- 63.5%
- Sex ratio
- 943 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 666
- Distance to district centre
- 242 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 303 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 343 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 80 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kamalpur · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Marha compares
By population, Marha ranks #59 of 153 villages in Garautha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.5%
+1.4% vs mandal average
- Marha
- 63.5%
- Garautha mandal
- 62.1%
- Jhansi district
- 65.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
943
+80 vs mandal average
- Marha
- 943
- Garautha mandal
- 863
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Marha
- 5.6
- Garautha mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marha at a glance
Marha is a village of 1,341 people in 240 households (Census 2011) in Garautha tehsil, Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh, the 59th-largest of 153 villages in Garautha tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 943 women per 1,000 men. It lies 242 km from the Jhansi district centre, 3 km from Pisava, the nearest town, 13 km from Kamalpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 284204, served by Mauranipur post office; the LGD village code is 152377. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is mohan lal , and the village votes in Bhognipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rakesh Sachan. The population is estimated at 1,581 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Marha
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JHANSI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 82
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 82
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MARHA
- Total area (ha)
- 455.9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 137.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Marha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Marha
- LGD code
- 152377
- Pincode
- 284204
- Post office
- Mauranipur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,341
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,581
- Households
- 240
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 943
- Literacy rate
- 63.5%
- Coordinates
- 28.08575°N, 77.76301°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jalaun
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhognipur
- Member of Parliament
- Narayan Das Ahirwar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rakesh Sachan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- mohan lal
- Block / Mandal
- Garautha
- Nearest railway station
- Pokhrayan (291.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Marha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow343 kmcapital
- Delhi80 km
- Mumbai1118 km
- Hyderabad1192 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKamalpur13 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital13 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank35 km
- Petrol pumpGas Station20 km
- CollegeDepartment of Commerce36 km
- Police stationAhmedgarh40 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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