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About Motipur Village

Motipur is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,318, made up of 613 males and 705 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,150 females per 1000 males. The village covers 462.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Motipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motipur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Patan
Pincode 496118
Area (hectares) 462.5 hectares
Population 1,318
Male Population 613
Female Population 705
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,150
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Motipur compares

By the 2011 count Motipur is the 75th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 462.5 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Motipur

Motipur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Motipur as Available. 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 Motipur from other places

Motipur lies about 28 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Kumhari, about 8.7 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 Motipur
Nearest railway station Kumhari 8.7 km
Nearest town Bhilai Charoda 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Patan 15 km
District headquarters Durg 28 km

Villages closest to Motipur

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

Common questions about Motipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Motipur village had a population of 1,318. That makes it the 75th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Motipur village has 613 males and 705 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motipur has about 1150 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Motipur is 496118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Motipur covers 462.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Motipur falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Motipur is Kumhari, about 8.7 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Motipur.

Motipur is about 28 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Motipur is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Kumhari is about 8.7 km away. Bhilai Charoda is about 11 km away. Patan is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kapsi (1.9 km), Sankra (2.2 km) and Amlidih (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Motipur today is likely to be higher.

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