Markona
Simulia block · Baleshwar
district, Odisha · PIN 756126
· village code 394164
Population 2011
3,227
Census of India
Population 2020
3,557
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.2%
330 people · 1.1% a year
Households
712
+8.2% vs 658 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,227
Male / female
1,661 / 1,566
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
943
Children aged 0–6
357
Literacy rate
76.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
434 / 246
Working population
1,344
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
61.5%
Households
658
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
374
Teachers
201
Students per teacher
2
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
402
Non-farm households
310
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Net sown area
190 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
190 / 75 / 15
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Markona panchayat, Simulia zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹22.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.17 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹3.91 lakh · left ₹7.53 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.90 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹7.73 lakh · left ₹23.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.1532, 86.6300 —
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