Marheen, Kathua

Marheen is a Block, Tehsil and Block Development Council in the Kathua district of Jammu & Kashmir.

As on January 2025, the current population of Marheen is 3 thousands out of which 1.6 thousands are males and rest 1.4 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this place is 895 females per 1000 males. There are around 275 teenagers in Marheen. It has literacy rate of 71% which means around 2.1 thousands persons can read and write. Total 1.5 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 8 scheduled tribe people live in the place. There are around 698 households in Marheen, which means every family has 4 members on average. The place has working population of 912.

Schools

Marheen has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

Marheen Block Development Council

Marheen Block Development Council consists of total 22 Halqa Panchayat.

Marheen Halqa Panchayat

Marheen is a village and Halqa Panchayat of the Marheen Tehsil in Kathua district of Jammu & Kashmir, which falls under Marheen block. Ritu Verma is the President of Marheen Halqa Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address rituverma555@gmail.com and mobile number 91499xxx74. The Secretary is Ankush Kumar, who can be reached at email address anku.kth@gmail.com and mobile number 96221xxx70. The Panchayat address is Block Headquarter Marheen, Pincode - 184148. You can reach there by taking a bus till Marheen bus stop which is less than a km away. The Panchayat has homestay option.

Panchayat Members

Sarpanch

Ritu Verma is the Sarpanch of Marheen Halqa Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 91499xxx74 and email is rituverma555@gmail.com.

Covered villages

Marheen Halqa Panchayat manages total 5 villages.