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About Markame Tola Village

Markame Tola is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,286, made up of 618 males and 668 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 374.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Markame Tola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Markame Tola village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Khairagarh
Pincode 491444
Area (hectares) 374.61 hectares
Population 1,286
Male Population 618
Female Population 668
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,081
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Markame Tola compares

By the 2011 count Markame Tola is the 38th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 374.61 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Markame Tola

Markame Tola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Markame Tola as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Markame Tola from other places

Markame Tola lies about 19 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Murhipar, about 14 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 Markame Tola
Nearest railway station Murhipar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Khairagarh 18 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 18 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 19 km

Villages closest to Markame Tola

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

Common questions about Markame Tola

As per the Census of India 2011, Markame Tola village had a population of 1,286. That makes it the 38th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Markame Tola village has 618 males and 668 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Markame Tola has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Markame Tola is 491444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Markame Tola covers 374.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Markame Tola falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Markame Tola is Murhipar, about 14 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 km distance for Markame Tola.

Markame Tola is about 19 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Markame Tola is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Murhipar is about 14 km away. Khairagarh is about 18 km away. Khairāgarh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhechhand Pahari (under 2 km), Thelkadih (2.4 km) and Tulsipur (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Markame Tola today is likely to be higher.

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