# Maricha Village, Ghagarbeda, Mayurbhanj (Odisha) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Ghagarbeda, Mayurbhanj 

# Maricha

Maricha is a village in Ghagarbeda sub-district of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, PIN code **757035**. The 2011 Census counted **1,154 people in 228 households**, the 8th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,154people (2011)
- 228households
- 55.8%literacy
- 757035PIN code

## Maricha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Maricha is 757035.** Maricha falls in Ghagarbeda sub-district, Mayurbhanj district, Odisha.

- PIN code757035
- Gram panchayatGhagarbeda
- Community development blockRaruan
- Census village code388785

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

## How far is Maricha from nearby towns?

- Ghagarbeda (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Baripada (district HQ)149 km by road
- Karanjia (nearest town)53 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 Maricha?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Maricha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ghagarbeda
- ○Degree college10+ km · Champua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Baleswar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)17 h summer · 22 h winter

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 Maricha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 45% of the 394 hectares of village land is sown, and 7 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 Maricha

Of every 100 households in Maricha in 2011, 4 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maricha · ■ Ghagarbeda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**5%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**60%

Use banking services ****20%**

**42%

Television ****8%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**28%

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 Maricha?

■ Maricha · ■ Ghagarbeda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.8%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1064**

**1005

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**926

Working population ****54.8%**

**53.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 43.1% for women. 55% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 75 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (5%) · **■** Other work 59 (9%) · **■** Marginal 469 (74%)

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 Ghagarbeda

- Nakasara1,340 people
- Nuagansamildhalpasi1,327 people
- Raikala1,179 people
- Fagu1,174 people
- Righa1,077 people
- Solgada1,075 people
- Chhelianali1,041 people
- Denua1,010 people

[All 44 villages in Ghagarbeda](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/mayurbhanj/ghagarbeda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Maricha?757035
- How far is Maricha from Baripada?149 km by road
- What is the population of Maricha?1,154 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maricha in?Mayurbhanj district (Ghagarbeda sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Maricha?55.8% (Census 2011)