About Motra Village

Motra is a mid sized village in Barkagaon tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,349, made up of 696 males and 653 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 542 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Motra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkagaon
Pincode	825311
Area (hectares)	542 hectares
Population	1,349
Male Population	696
Female Population	653
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Motra compares

By the 2011 count Motra is the 35th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 542 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, a little below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Motra

Motra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Motra as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Motra from other places

Motra lies about 16 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Bes, about 5.5 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 Motra
Nearest railway station	Bes	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkagaon	8.3 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	16 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	16 km

Villages closest to Motra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Motra village had a population of 1,349. That makes it the 35th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Motra village has 696 males and 653 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motra has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Motra is 825311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Motra covers 542 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Motra falls under Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Motra is Bes, about 5.5 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Motra.

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

Motra is in Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Bes is about 5.5 km away. Barkagaon is about 8.3 km away. Hazaribagh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.