About Morkhandi Village

Morkhandi is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 205, made up of 114 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 798 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Morkhandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morkhandi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494771
Area (hectares)	362.61 hectares
Population	205
Male Population	114
Female Population	91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	798
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Morkhandi compares

By the 2011 count Morkhandi is the 230th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 362.61 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Morkhandi

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

Morkhandi lies about 85 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 66 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 Morkhandi
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	32 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	64 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	66 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	85 km

Villages closest to Morkhandi

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 Morkhandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Morkhandi village had a population of 205. That makes it the 230th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Morkhandi village has 114 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morkhandi has about 798 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 Morkhandi is 494771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Morkhandi covers 362.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Morkhandi is Antagarh, about 66 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 Morkhandi.

Morkhandi is about 85 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.

Morkhandi is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 32 km away. Nārāinpur is about 64 km away. Antagarh is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.