About Motipur Village

Motipur is a small village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 338, made up of 175 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Motipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motipur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491668
Area (hectares)	132.81 hectares
Population	338
Male Population	175
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
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 186th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 132.81 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1037.

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 32 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, 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	Paniajob	8.7 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	15 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	32 km

Villages closest to Motipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Motipur village had a population of 338. That makes it the 186th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Motipur village has 175 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motipur has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Motipur is 491668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Motipur covers 132.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Motipur falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Motipur is Paniajob, 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 32 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Motipur is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Paniajob is about 8.7 km away. Dongargarh is about 9.7 km away. Chhuriya is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.