Marar is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

in the Ramgarh CD block in the

Ramgarh subdivision Ramgarh subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Ramgarh district in the North Chotanagpur division in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History Around 1740, Ramgarh was "Jungle District of Ramgarh". With the East India Company acquiring the ' ...

of the

Ramgarh district Ramgarh district is one of the 24 districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It was also a military district during the British Regime, referred to then as Ramgarh district. It is the part of State Capital Region (SCR). Ramgarh was made a di ...

in the

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

Geography

Location

Marar is located at .

Area overview

Ramgarh has a vibrant coal-mining sector. The map alongside provides links to five operational areas of Central Coalfields spread across South Karanpura Coalfield,

Ramgarh Coalfield Ramgarh Coalfield are located in Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Overview In 1917, L.S.S.O’Malley described the coalfields in the upper reaches of the Damodar as follows: “Near the western boundary of Jharia field is that ...

and West Bokaro Coalfield. Four of the six CD blocks in the district have coal mines – Patratu, Ramgarh, Mandu and Chitarpur. The high concentration of census towns in these blocks are noticeable on the map. Only two blocks, Gola and Dulmi, are totally rural areas. Ramgarh district lies in the central part of the

Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau () is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and th ...

. The Damodar valley covers most of the district. The forested areas in highlands to the north and the south of the valley can be seen in the map (mark the shaded areas). "Chotanagpur has a charm of its own... The entire area forms one of the most charming series of views imaginable. The far-off hills in the background in exquisite tints of blue or purple as the light falls, the nearer hills picturesquely shaped and luxuriant in every shade of green with their bold escarpments in black or grey, and the brown plains below furnishing their quota of colours." Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Marar had a total population of 5,298, of which 2,777 (52%) were males and 2,521 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 715. The total number of literate persons in Marar was 3,781 (82.50% of the population over 6 years). As per 2011 Census of India, Ramgarh Urban Agglomeration had a total population of 132,441, of which males were 70,871 and females 61,562. Ramgarh Urban Agglomeration is composed of

Ramgarh Cantonment Ramgarh Cantonment, usually referred to as Ramgarh Cantt or just Ramgarh is a cantonment town, belonging to the Ramgarh district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Historically, a subdivision of the larger Hazaribag district, Ramgarh was ...

(

Cantonment Board A cantonment (, , or ) is a type of military base. In South Asia, a ''cantonment'' refers to a permanent military station (a term from the British Raj). In United States military parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential ...

), Sirka (CT), Marar (CT) and Barkakana (CT). As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Ramgarh UA was 95,734 (82.97 per cent of total population) out of which 55,352 (89.57 percent of males) were males and 40,362 (75.35 percent of females) were females.

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Ramgarh'', Marar covered an area of 4.436 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 12 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered well, hand pump. It had 917 domestic electric connections, 1 road lighting point. Among the medical facilities, it had 5 hospitals, 4 dispensaries, 4 health centres, 8 family welfare centres, 9 maternity and child welfare centres, 5 maternity homes, 6 nursing homes, 6 charitable hospital/ nursing homes, 10 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 7 primary schools, 4 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at

6 km away. Three important commodities it produced were cement, saria, fire bricks. It had the branch offices of 2 nationalised banks, 8 agricultural credit societies, 8 non-agricultural credit societies.

Transport

There is a station nearby at Ranchi Road on the

Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line The Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line is a railway line connecting Barkakana Junction railway station, Barkakana and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station, Gomoh in India. This track is under the jurisdiction of East Central Ra ...

Education

Chotanagpur (CN) College, at Marar, affiliated with Vinoba Bhave University, offers courses in arts, science and commerce.

References

{{Ramgarh District Cities and towns in Ramgarh district