About Markiari Village

Markiari is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 302, made up of 159 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Markiari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Markiari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Devipur
Pincode	815353
Area (hectares)	38.5 hectares
Population	302
Male Population	159
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Markiari compares

By the 2011 count Markiari is the 128th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 38.5 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Markiari

Markiari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Markiari as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Markiari from other places

Markiari lies about 27 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Sankarpur, about 21 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 Markiari
Tehsil headquarters	Devipur	16 km
Nearest railway station	Sankarpur	21 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	27 km

Villages closest to Markiari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Markiari village had a population of 302. That makes it the 128th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Markiari village has 159 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Markiari has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Markiari is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Markiari covers 38.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Markiari falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Markiari is Sankarpur, about 21 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Markiari.

Markiari is about 27 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Markiari is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. Devipur is about 16 km away. Sankarpur is about 21 km away. Deoghar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.