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About Mohtara Kalan Village

Mohtara Kalan is a mid sized village in Pandariya tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,484, made up of 729 males and 755 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 376.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mohtara Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mohtara Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Pandariya
Pincode 491559
Area (hectares) 376.76 hectares
Population 1,484
Male Population 729
Female Population 755
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mohtara Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Mohtara Kalan is the 30th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 376.76 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Mohtara Kalan

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

Mohtara Kalan lies about 26 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 59 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 Mohtara Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Pandariya 4.7 km
District headquarters Kabeerdham 26 km
Nearest town Mungeli 29 km
Nearest railway station Salkaroad 59 km

Villages closest to Mohtara Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pandariya 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 Mohtara Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Mohtara Kalan village had a population of 1,484. That makes it the 30th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Mohtara Kalan village has 729 males and 755 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mohtara Kalan has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Mohtara Kalan is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mohtara Kalan covers 376.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mohtara Kalan falls under Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Mohtara Kalan is Salkaroad, about 59 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 Mohtara Kalan.

Mohtara Kalan is about 26 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mohtara Kalan is in Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Pandariya is about 4.7 km away. Kabeerdham is about 26 km away. Mungeli is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mohtara Khurd (under 2 km), Sirmadabri (under 2 km) and Ramtala (under 2 km).

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

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