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About Motidhana Village

Motidhana is a mid sized village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,804, made up of 879 males and 925 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.21 hectares hectares.

Motidhana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motidhana village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Betul
Tehsil Shahpur
Area (hectares) 218.21 hectares
Population 1,804
Male Population 879
Female Population 925
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,052
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Motidhana compares

By the 2011 count Motidhana is the 12th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 852 residents. Its 218.21 hectares work out to about 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Motidhana

Motidhana 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 Motidhana as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Motidhana from other places

Motidhana lies about 32 km from Betul, and the nearest railway station is Barbatpur, about 2.2 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 Motidhana
Tehsil headquarters Shahpur under 2 km
Nearest railway station Barbatpur 2.2 km
Nearest town Sārni 29 km
District headquarters Betul 32 km

Villages closest to Motidhana

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

Common questions about Motidhana

As per the Census of India 2011, Motidhana village had a population of 1,804. That makes it the 12th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 852 residents.

Motidhana village has 879 males and 925 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motidhana has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Motidhana covers 218.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Motidhana falls under Shahpur tehsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Motidhana is Barbatpur, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Motidhana.

Motidhana is about 32 km from Betul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Motidhana is in Shahpur tehsil of Betul district. Shahpur is about under 2 km away. Barbatpur is about 2.2 km away. Sārni is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shahpur (under 2 km), Palaspani (under 2 km) and Barbatpur (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Motidhana today is likely to be higher.

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