About Markachua Village

Markachua is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 163, made up of 86 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Markachua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Markachua village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	491559
Area (hectares)	47.82 hectares
Population	163
Male Population	86
Female Population	77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Markachua compares

By the 2011 count Markachua is the 249th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 47.82 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Markachua

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

Markachua lies about 70 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 54 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 Markachua
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	54 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	66 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	70 km

Villages closest to Markachua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Markachua village had a population of 163. That makes it the 249th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Markachua village has 86 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Markachua has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Markachua is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Markachua covers 47.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Markachua falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Markachua is Antagarh, about 54 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 Markachua.

Markachua is about 70 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.

Markachua is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 12 km away. Antagarh is about 54 km away. Nārāinpur is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.