# Marua Village, Baisi, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Baisi, Purnia 

# Marua

Marua is a village in Baisi sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,529 people in 338 households**, the 59th largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 41.4%.

- 1,529people (2011)
- 338households
- 59.2%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Marua PIN code and other codes

Marua falls in Baisi sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBangaon
- Community development blockBaisi
- Census village code224075

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Marua from nearby towns?

- Baisi (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)35 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)35 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Marua?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Marua; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Purnia East
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Marua known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 41% of the 88 hectares of village land is sown, and 28 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Marua

Of every 100 households in Marua in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Marua · ■ Baisi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****16%**

**20%

Television ****2%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****47%**

**44%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Marua?

■ Marua · ■ Baisi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**41.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**956

Working population ****28.6%**

**28.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 45.9% for women. 51% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (13%) · **■** Other work 88 (20%) · **■** Marginal 284 (65%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Baisi

- Mala1,656 people
- Azamgarh1,644 people
- Majhua1,640 people
- Majhua Bhag1,609 people
- Kajal1,499 people
- Majhua1,410 people
- Balia1,375 people
- Chahat1,358 people

[All 130 villages in Baisi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/baisi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Marua from Purnia?35 km by road
- What is the population of Marua?1,529 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Marua in?Purnia district (Baisi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Marua?59.2% (Census 2011)