About Marka Village

Marka is a mid sized village in Bemetara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,262, made up of 625 males and 637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 375.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Bemetara
Pincode	491337
Area (hectares)	375.1 hectares
Population	1,262
Male Population	625
Female Population	637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Marka compares

By the 2011 count Marka is the 49th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents. Its 375.1 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Marka

Marka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Marka 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 Marka from other places

Marka lies about 92 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 61 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 Marka
Nearest town	Kawardha	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bemetara	34 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	61 km
District headquarters	Durg	92 km

Villages closest to Marka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bemetara 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 Marka

As per the Census of India 2011, Marka village had a population of 1,262. That makes it the 49th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents.

Marka village has 625 males and 637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marka has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Marka is 491337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marka covers 375.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Marka falls under Bemetara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Marka is Hathbandh, about 61 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 Marka.

Marka is about 92 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marka is in Bemetara tehsil of Durg district. Kawardha is about 19 km away. Bemetara is about 34 km away. Hathbandh is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.