Markanwan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Markanwan ranks #21 of 69 villages in Islamnagar Aliganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Markanwan is a village of 2,373 people in 435 households (Census 2011) in Islamnagar Aliganj block, Jamui district, Bihar, the 21st-largest of 69 villages in Islamnagar Aliganj block. Literacy is 50%, 2 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 811301, served by Aliganj (Jamui) post office; the LGD village code is 258581. The sarpanch is NIRMALA DEVI, and the village votes in Bachhwara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surendra Mehta. The population is estimated at 2,798 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Darkha →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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