About Markapal Village

Markapal is a small village in Tokapal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 127, made up of 61 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494450, 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	Tokapal
Pincode	494450
Area (hectares)	96.15 hectares
Population	127
Male Population	61
Female Population	66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,082
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Markapal compares

By the 2011 count Markapal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,106 residents. Its 96.15 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1069.

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 10+ km distance. 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 23 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kumhar Maranga, about 4.1 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
Nearest railway station	Kumhar Maranga	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tokapal	6.7 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	12 km
District headquarters	Bastar	23 km

Villages closest to Markapal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tokapal 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 127. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,106 residents.

Markapal village has 61 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Markapal has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1069.

The pincode recorded for Markapal is 494450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Markapal covers 96.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Markapal falls under Tokapal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Markapal is Kumhar Maranga, about 4.1 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 10+ km distance for Markapal.

Markapal is about 23 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 Tokapal tehsil of Bastar district. Kumhar Maranga is about 4.1 km away. Tokapal is about 6.7 km away. Jagdalpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.