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Marh is a village and municipality in Jammu district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The village is located 26 kilometres from district headquarters Jammu.

Marh
Village
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Coordinates: 32.90°N 74.82°E / 32.90; 74.82
Country	India
Union Territory	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,185[1]
Languages
• Spoken	Dogri, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Wavoora has 228 households.[1] 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%.

Demographics (2011 Census)

	Total	Male	Female
Population	1185	629	556
Children aged below 6 years	126	66	60
Scheduled caste	388	212	176
Scheduled tribe	22	9	13
Literacy	82.06%	88.63%	74.60%
Workers (all)	392	347	45
Main workers (total)	374	–	–
Marginal workers (total)	18	14	4

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 located at a distance of 32 kilometres.

See also

• Marh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

References

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