About Markapal Village

Markapal is a small village in Bhairamgarh tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 204, made up of 95 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,147 females per 1000 males. The village covers 974.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Markapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Markapal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Bhairamgarh
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	974.13 hectares
Population	204
Male Population	95
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,147
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Markapal compares

By the 2011 count Markapal is the 104th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 974.13 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1065.

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 5 - 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 41 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 27 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	Bhairamgarh	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalur	27 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	41 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	42 km

Villages closest to Markapal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhairamgarh 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 204. That makes it the 104th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Markapal village has 95 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Markapal has about 1147 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1065.

The pincode recorded for Markapal is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Markapal covers 974.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Markapal falls under Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Markapal is Kamalur, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance for Markapal.

Markapal is about 41 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Markapal is in Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district. Bhairamgarh is about 6.2 km away. Kamalur is about 27 km away. Bijapur is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.