Markawada
Amarwara block · Chhindwara
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 480221
· village code 493991
Population 2011
1,515
Census of India
Population 2020
1,698
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.1%
183 people · 1.3% a year
Households
360
+16.9% vs 308 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,515
Male / female
785 / 730
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
930
Children aged 0–6
208
Literacy rate
69.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
31 / 606
Working population
844
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.1%
Households
308
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
104
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
340
Non-farm households
18
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
671 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
671 / 487 / 279
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Markawada panchayat, Amarwara 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
₹21.10 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.04 lakh
Received directly
₹5.39 lakh
Spent
₹12.07 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.22 lakh · received ₹2.02 lakh · spent ₹2.84 lakh · left ₹14.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.88 lakh · received ₹3.03 lakh · spent ₹9.22 lakh · left ₹5.08 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2883, 79.3131 —
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