About Motihani Village

Motihani is a mid sized village in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,589, made up of 857 males and 732 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.2 hectares hectares.

Motihani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motihani village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Simri Bakhtiarpur
Area (hectares)	179.2 hectares
Population	1,589
Male Population	857
Female Population	732
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	854
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Motihani compares

By the 2011 count Motihani is the 45th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents. Its 179.2 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Motihani

Motihani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Motihani as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Motihani from other places

Motihani lies about 12 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Sonbarsa Kacheri, about 8.0 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Motihani
Nearest town	Bangaon	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Sonbarsa Kacheri	8.0 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simri Bakhtiarpur	12 km

Villages closest to Motihani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Motihani

As per the Census of India 2011, Motihani village had a population of 1,589. That makes it the 45th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents.

Motihani village has 857 males and 732 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motihani has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

Motihani covers 179.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Motihani falls under Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Motihani is Sonbarsa Kacheri, about 8.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Motihani.

Motihani is about 12 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Motihani is in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Saharsa district. Bangaon is about 7.4 km away. Sonbarsa Kacheri is about 8.0 km away. Saharsa is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.