About Markeli Village

Markeli is a mid sized village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 728, made up of 356 males and 372 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 565.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Markeli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Markeli village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Manpur
Pincode	493225
Area (hectares)	565.75 hectares
Population	728
Male Population	356
Female Population	372
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Markeli compares

By the 2011 count Markeli is the 36th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 565.75 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Markeli

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

Markeli lies about 90 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, 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 Markeli
Tehsil headquarters	Manpur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Bhanupratappur	27 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	41 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	90 km

Villages closest to Markeli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Markeli village had a population of 728. That makes it the 36th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Markeli village has 356 males and 372 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Markeli has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Markeli is 493225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Markeli covers 565.75 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.

Markeli falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Markeli is Bhanupratappur, 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 Markeli.

Markeli is about 90 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Markeli is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 10 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 27 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.