About Markanda Village

Markanda is a mid sized village in Daryapur tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 848, made up of 460 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.37 hectares hectares.

Markanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Markanda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Amravati
Tehsil	Daryapur
Area (hectares)	338.37 hectares
Population	848
Male Population	460
Female Population	388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Markanda compares

By the 2011 count Markanda is the 52nd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,054 residents. Its 338.37 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 953.

Getting to Markanda

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

Markanda lies about 24 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Walgaon, about 19 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 Markanda
Nearest railway station	Walgaon	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Daryapur	23 km
Nearest town	Daryāpur	23 km
District headquarters	Amravati	24 km

Villages closest to Markanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Markanda village had a population of 848. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,054 residents.

Markanda village has 460 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Markanda has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Markanda covers 338.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Markanda falls under Daryapur tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Markanda is Walgaon, about 19 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 Markanda.

Markanda is about 24 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Markanda is in Daryapur tehsil of Amravati district. Walgaon is about 19 km away. Daryapur is about 23 km away. Daryāpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.