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About Motesara Village

Motesara is a small village in Saja tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 231 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491993, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Motesara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motesara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Saja
Pincode 491993
Area (hectares) 233.43 hectares
Population 445
Male Population 231
Female Population 214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Motesara compares

By the 2011 count Motesara is the 98th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 944 residents. Its 233.43 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Motesara

Motesara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Motesara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Motesara from other places

Motesara lies about 57 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Tilda-Neora, about 41 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 Motesara
Tehsil headquarters Saja 12 km
Nearest town Bemetāra 12 km
Nearest railway station Tilda-Neora 41 km
District headquarters Durg 57 km

Villages closest to Motesara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Motesara village had a population of 445. That makes it the 98th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 944 residents.

Motesara village has 231 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motesara has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Motesara is 491993. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Motesara covers 233.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Motesara falls under Saja tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Motesara is Tilda-Neora, about 41 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 <5 km distance for Motesara.

Motesara is about 57 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Motesara is in Saja tehsil of Durg district. Saja is about 12 km away. Bemetāra is about 12 km away. Tilda-Neora is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandai (2.3 km), Tenduwa (2.5 km) and Mahidahi (4.8 km).

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

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