Marh is a village and municipality in
Jammu district of the
Indian
union territory of
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
. The village is located 26 kilometres from district headquarters
Jammu.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Wavoora has 228 households.
The literacy rate of Marh village was 82.06% compared to 67.16% of Jammu and Kashmir. In Marh, Male literacy stands at 88.63% while the female literacy rate was 74.60%.
Transport
Road
Marh is connected by road with other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the
NH 144A.
Rail
The nearest railway station to Marh is
Jammu Tawi railway station located at a distance of 30 kilometres.
Air
The nearest airport is
Jammu Airport
Jammu Airport, officially known as Jammu Civil Enclave, is a domestic airport serving Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated 14 km (8.7 miles) from the India–Pakistan border.
Infrastructure
Terminal 1
The terminal can only ...
located at a distance of 32 kilometres.
See also
*
Marh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Marh Assembly constituency is one of the 87 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Marh is also part of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.
Member of Legislative Assembly
* 1962: ...
References
Villages in Jammu district
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