Markona observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
By population, Markona ranks #2 of 211 villages in Similia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Markona is a village of 3,227 people in 658 households (Census 2011) in Similia block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 2nd-largest of 211 villages in Similia block. Literacy is 76%, 5 points above the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 943 women per 1,000 men. It lies 117 km from the Baleshwar district centre, 2 km from Markona railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756126, served by Simulia post office; the LGD village code is 394164. The nearest hospital or health centre is Markona Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is Kamalakanta Nayak, and the village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 3,805 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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