About Markhola Village

Markhola is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 89, made up of 43 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246276, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Markhola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Markhola village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhoomakot
Pincode	246276
Area (hectares)	42.52 hectares
Population	89
Male Population	43
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,070
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 Markhola compares

By the 2011 count Markhola is the 163rd largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 42.52 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1280.

Getting to Markhola

Markhola is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Markhola 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 Markhola from other places

Markhola lies about 34 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 44 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 Markhola
Tehsil headquarters	Dhoomakot	34 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	34 km
Nearest town	Pauri	40 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	44 km

Villages closest to Markhola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Markhola village had a population of 89. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Markhola village has 43 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Markhola has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Markhola is 246276. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Markhola covers 42.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Markhola falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Markhola is Kotdwara, about 44 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 Markhola.

Markhola is about 34 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Markhola is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Dhoomakot is about 34 km away. Garhwal is about 34 km away. Pauri is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.