Village · Sohagpur, Hoshangabad
# Gondi Markadhana

Gondi Markadhana is a village in Sohagpur sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 290 people in 56 households, the 136th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.
- 290 people (2011)
- 56 households
- 45.0% literacy
- 946 females per 1,000 males

## Gondi Markadhana PIN code and other codes

Gondi Markadhana falls in Sohagpur sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Sohagpur
- Census village code 487684

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Gondi Markadhana from nearby towns?
- Sohagpur (sub-district HQ) 16 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ) 68 km by road
- Sohagpur (nearest town) 16 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Gondi Markadhana?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Gondi Markadhana; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Bichhua
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Sohagpur
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Sohagpur
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Hoshangabad
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 5 h summer · 5 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gondi Markadhana known for?

The main crops are dhan, wheat and chana. About 16% of the 387 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Gondi Markadhana

Of every 100 households in Gondi Markadhana in 2011, 24 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gondi Markadhana · ■ Sohagpur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 24% 61%
- Toilet within the home 0% 27%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 73%
- Tap water 0% 17%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 34%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 93%
- Use banking services 2% 51%
- Television 24% 28%
- Mobile phone 16% 46%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 9% 20%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 34% 30%
- Own their home 98% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Gondi Markadhana?

■ Gondi Markadhana · ■ Sohagpur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 45.0% 66.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 946 902
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 686 904
- Working population 28.3% 40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.5% for men and 43.6% for women. 46% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 14 (17%) · ■ Farm labourers 47 (57%) · ■ Household industry 1 (1%) · ■ Other work 5 (6%) · ■ Marginal 15 (18%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sohagpur
- Khamda 302 people
- Kukara 301 people
- Jam 299 people
- Atashri 290 people
- Chitor Pattan 275 people
- Jirran 273 people
- Jijwada 269 people
- Ratibandar 267 people

All 167 villages in Sohagpur

## Quick answers
- How far is Gondi Markadhana from Hoshangabad? 68 km by road
- What is the population of Gondi Markadhana? 290 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gondi Markadhana in? Hoshangabad district (Sohagpur sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gondi Markadhana? 45.0% (Census 2011)

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