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About Mardapoti Village

Mardapoti is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 617, made up of 290 males and 327 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,128 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mardapoti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mardapoti village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 494334
Area (hectares) 463.3 hectares
Population 617
Male Population 290
Female Population 327
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,128
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mardapoti compares

By the 2011 count Mardapoti is the 55th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 463.3 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, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Mardapoti

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

Mardapoti lies about 25 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 34 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 Mardapoti
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 9.8 km
Nearest town Kānker 9.8 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 25 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 34 km

Villages closest to Mardapoti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mardapoti village had a population of 617. That makes it the 55th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Mardapoti village has 290 males and 327 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mardapoti has about 1128 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Mardapoti is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mardapoti covers 463.3 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.

Mardapoti falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Mardapoti is Antagarh, about 34 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 Mardapoti.

Mardapoti is about 25 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mardapoti is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 9.8 km away. Kānker is about 9.8 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Iradah (under 2 km), Amajhola (2.3 km) and Jiwalamari (3.1 km).

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

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