By population, Markhandi ranks #20 of 226 villages in Begamganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Markhandi is a village of 1,147 people in 253 households (Census 2011) in Begamganj tehsil, Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh, the 20th-largest of 226 villages in Begamganj tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 801 women per 1,000 men. It lies 46 km from the Raisen district centre, 37 km from Ratona railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464570; the LGD village code is 484142. The nearest hospital or health centre is Community Health Center Jaisinagar, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Akash singh, and the village votes in Silwani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devendra Patel. The population is estimated at 1,352 in 2026, up 18% 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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