Markud observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Markud ranks #105 of 149 villages in Kohkameta mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Markud is a village of 26 people in 7 households (Census 2011) in Kohkameta tehsil, Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 105th-largest of 149 villages in Kohkameta tehsil. Literacy is 0%, 29 points below the tehsil average of 29% and the sex ratio is 1,167 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Narayanpur district centre, 65 km from Dantewara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494661, served by Narayanpur (Narayanpur) post office; the LGD village code is 449857. The nearest hospital or health centre is Assisi Shanti Bhavan, 35 km away. The sarpanch is RAJMA NURETI. The population is estimated at 31 in 2026, up 19% since the 2011 Census.
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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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