About Motipur Village

Motipur is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,085, made up of 541 males and 544 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491223, 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	Dongargarh
Pincode	491223
Area (hectares)	356.29 hectares
Population	1,085
Male Population	541
Female Population	544
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Motipur compares

By the 2011 count Motipur is the 63rd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 356.29 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

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 5 - 10 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 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
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	9.7 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 Dongargarh 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 1,085. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Motipur village has 541 males and 544 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motipur has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Motipur is 491223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Motipur covers 356.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Motipur falls under Dongargarh 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 5 - 10 km distance 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 Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Paniajob is about 8.7 km away. Dongargarh is about 9.7 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.