About Markan Village

Markan is a mid sized village in Dholi tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,443, made up of 751 males and 692 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 843105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Markan compares

By the 2011 count Markan is the 25th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,514 residents. Its 122 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Markan

Markan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Markan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Mahammadpur Damodar, Mahammadpur Lalse, Mahammadpur Mohan and Mahammadpur Shiuram. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.