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- LGD code
- 46405
- Pincode
- 246164
- Post office
- Pabau (B)
- Population
- 93
- Households
- 28
- Literacy rate
- 74.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1067 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 51
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 18 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 96 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 241 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 62 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Chipalghat · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Markhola compares
By population, Markhola ranks #385 of 842 villages in Pauri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.2%
+4.5% vs mandal average
- Markhola
- 74.2%
- Pauri mandal
- 69.7%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,067
−119 vs mandal average
- Markhola
- 1,067
- Pauri mandal
- 1,186
Household size
people per home
3.3
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Markhola
- 3.3
- Pauri mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Markhola at a glance
Markhola is a village of 93 people in 28 households (Census 2011) in Pauri tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 385th-largest of 842 villages in Pauri tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 5 points above the tehsil average, and the sex ratio is 1,067 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 21 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 62 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246164, served by Pabau (B) post office; the LGD village code is 46405. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Chipalghat, 8 km away. The village votes in Pauri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajkumar Pori. The population is estimated at 110 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Markhola
- LGD code
- 46405
- Pincode
- 246164
- Post office
- Pabau (B)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 93
- Population (projected 2026)
- 110
- Households
- 28
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1067
- Literacy rate
- 74.2%
- Coordinates
- 30.12048°N, 79.00226°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pauri
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajkumar Pori
- Block / Mandal
- Pauri
Getting there
How to reach Markhola
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun96 kmcapital
- Delhi241 km
- Kolkata1254 km
- Mumbai1375 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara62 km
- Bus stopKalina (soad)21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Chipalghat8 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM25 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum21 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry7 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station19 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Markhola
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)