About Markanja Village

Markanja is a large village in Sulya tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,436, made up of 1,735 males and 1,701 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1974.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574248, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Markanja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Markanja village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Sulya
Pincode	574248
Area (hectares)	1974.69 hectares
Population	3,436
Male Population	1,735
Female Population	1,701
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Markanja compares

By the 2011 count Markanja is the 15th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents. Its 1974.69 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Markanja

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

Markanja lies about 40 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kodimbala, about 17 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 Markanja
Tehsil headquarters	Sulya	11 km
Nearest railway station	Kodimbala	17 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	31 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	40 km

Villages closest to Markanja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Markanja village had a population of 3,436. That makes it the 15th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents.

Markanja village has 1,735 males and 1,701 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Markanja has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Markanja is 574248. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Markanja covers 1974.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Markanja falls under Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Markanja is Kodimbala, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Markanja.

Markanja is about 40 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Markanja is in Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Sulya is about 11 km away. Kodimbala is about 17 km away. Madikeri is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.