About Motihara Village

Motihara is a mid sized village in Danda tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,768, made up of 921 males and 847 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Motihara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motihara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Danda
Pincode	822124
Area (hectares)	242 hectares
Population	1,768
Male Population	921
Female Population	847
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Motihara compares

By the 2011 count Motihara is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,551 residents. Its 242 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Motihara

Motihara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Motihara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Motihara from other places

Motihara lies about 16 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station, about 1.9 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 Motihara
Tehsil headquarters	Danda	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station	1.9 km
Nearest town	Bishrāmpur	13 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	16 km

Villages closest to Motihara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Motihara village had a population of 1,768. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,551 residents.

Motihara village has 921 males and 847 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motihara has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Motihara is 822124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Motihara covers 242 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Motihara falls under Danda tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Motihara is Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Motihara.

Motihara is about 16 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Motihara is in Danda tehsil of Garhwa district. Danda is about under 2 km away. Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station is about 1.9 km away. Bishrāmpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.