About Markatola Village

Markatola 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 1,459, made up of 701 males and 758 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 759.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Markatola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Markatola village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Kanker
Pincode	494670
Area (hectares)	759.85 hectares
Population	1,459
Male Population	701
Female Population	758
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,081
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Markatola compares

By the 2011 count Markatola is the 18th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 759.85 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Markatola

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

Markatola lies about 36 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 44 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 Markatola
Tehsil headquarters	Kanker	10 km
Nearest town	Kānker	10 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	36 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	44 km

Villages closest to Markatola

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.

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Common questions about Markatola

As per the Census of India 2011, Markatola village had a population of 1,459. That makes it the 18th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Markatola village has 701 males and 758 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Markatola has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Markatola is 494670. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Markatola covers 759.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Markatola is Dhamtari, about 44 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 Markatola.

Markatola is about 36 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.

Markatola is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 10 km away. Kānker is about 10 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.