About Motakpalli Village

Motakpalli is a large village in Sedam tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,117, made up of 1,047 males and 1,070 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1382.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Motakpalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motakpalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Sedam
Pincode	585318
Area (hectares)	1382.16 hectares
Population	2,117
Male Population	1,047
Female Population	1,070
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Motakpalli compares

By the 2011 count Motakpalli is the 26th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents. Its 1382.16 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Motakpalli

Motakpalli 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 Motakpalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Motakpalli from other places

Motakpalli lies about 72 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kurgunta, about 26 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 Motakpalli
Nearest town	Gurmatkāl	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Kurgunta	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sedam	27 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	72 km

Villages closest to Motakpalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Motakpalli village had a population of 2,117. That makes it the 26th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents.

Motakpalli village has 1,047 males and 1,070 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motakpalli has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Motakpalli is 585318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Motakpalli covers 1382.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Motakpalli falls under Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Motakpalli is Kurgunta, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Motakpalli is about 72 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Motakpalli is in Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district. Gurmatkāl is about 9.7 km away. Kurgunta is about 26 km away. Sedam is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.