About Markat Village

Markat is a mid sized village in Yelbarga tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,213, made up of 624 males and 589 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583277, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Markat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Markat village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Tehsil	Yelbarga
Pincode	583277
Area (hectares)	423.6 hectares
Population	1,213
Male Population	624
Female Population	589
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Markat compares

By the 2011 count Markat is the 76th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents. Its 423.6 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Markat

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

Markat lies about 38 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Linganabandi, about 12 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 Markat
Nearest railway station	Linganabandi	12 km
Nearest town	Kushtagi	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yelbarga	28 km
District headquarters	Koppal	38 km

Villages closest to Markat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Markat village had a population of 1,213. That makes it the 76th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents.

Markat village has 624 males and 589 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Markat has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Markat is 583277. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Markat covers 423.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Markat falls under Yelbarga tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Markat is Linganabandi, about 12 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 Markat.

Markat is about 38 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Markat is in Yelbarga tehsil of Koppal district. Linganabandi is about 12 km away. Kushtagi is about 13 km away. Yelbarga is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.