About Markapal Village

Markapal is a small village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 195, made up of 106 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 667.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491666, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Markapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Markapal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Kondagaon
Pincode	491666
Area (hectares)	667.04 hectares
Population	195
Male Population	106
Female Population	89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	840
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Markapal compares

By the 2011 count Markapal is the 171st largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 667.04 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Markapal

Markapal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Markapal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Markapal from other places

Markapal lies about 32 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Bade Arapur, about 48 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Markapal
Tehsil headquarters	Kondagaon	20 km
District headquarters	Bastar	32 km
Nearest railway station	Bade Arapur	48 km

Villages closest to Markapal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kondagaon tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Markapal

As per the Census of India 2011, Markapal village had a population of 195. That makes it the 171st largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Markapal village has 106 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Markapal has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Markapal is 491666. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Markapal covers 667.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Markapal falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Markapal is Bade Arapur, about 48 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Markapal.

Markapal is about 32 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Markapal is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 20 km away. Bastar is about 32 km away. Bade Arapur is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.