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- LGD code
- 496452
- Pincode
- 480991
- Post office
- Khairapalari
- Population
- 863
- Households
- 198
- Literacy rate
- 55%
- Sex ratio
- 876 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 501
- Distance to district centre
- 136 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 157 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 213 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 476 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pandhurna · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Public Health Centre Pandhurna · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Markawada compares
By population, Markawada ranks #77 of 184 villages in Keolari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.0%
−8.3% vs mandal average
- Markawada
- 55.0%
- Keolari mandal
- 63.3%
- Seoni district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
876
−120 vs mandal average
- Markawada
- 876
- Keolari mandal
- 996
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Markawada
- 4.4
- Keolari mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Markawada at a glance
Markawada is a village of 863 people in 198 households (Census 2011) in Keolari tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 77th-largest of 184 villages in Keolari tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 876 women per 1,000 men. It lies 136 km from the Seoni district centre, 28 km from Pusla, the nearest town, 9 km from Pandhurna railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480991, served by Khairapalari post office; the LGD village code is 496452. The nearest hospital or health centre is Public Health Centre Pandhurna, 9 km away. The population is estimated at 1,017 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Markawada
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SEONI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 58
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 650.22
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 400.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Markawada
- LGD code
- 496452
- Pincode
- 480991
- Post office
- Khairapalari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 863
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,017
- Households
- 198
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 876
- Literacy rate
- 55.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.66820°N, 78.55934°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lakhnadon
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Block / Mandal
- Keolari
Getting there
How to reach Markawada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal213 kmcapital
- Hyderabad476 km
- Mumbai659 km
- Delhi784 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPandhurna9 km
- Bus stopBus Stand Pandhurna9 km
- Hospital / PHCPublic Health Centre Pandhurna9 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India9 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum9 km
- CollegeMankar Adarsha Vidyalaya58 km
- Police stationPolice Station Pandhurna9 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)