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About Motipurwa Village

Motipurwa is a mid sized village in Gaurihar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 513, made up of 234 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,192 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.24 hectares hectares.

Motipurwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motipurwa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Gaurihar
Area (hectares) 182.24 hectares
Population 513
Male Population 234
Female Population 279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,192
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Motipurwa compares

By the 2011 count Motipurwa is the 101st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 182.24 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Motipurwa

Motipurwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Motipurwa as Available within 5 - 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 Motipurwa from other places

Motipurwa lies about 67 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kabrai, about 10 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 Motipurwa
Nearest railway station Kabrai 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Gaurihar 11 km
Nearest town Kabrāi 14 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 67 km

Villages closest to Motipurwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Motipurwa village had a population of 513. That makes it the 101st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Motipurwa village has 234 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motipurwa has about 1192 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 864.

Motipurwa covers 182.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Motipurwa falls under Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Motipurwa is Kabrai, about 10 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Motipurwa.

Motipurwa is about 67 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Motipurwa is in Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Kabrai is about 10 km away. Gaurihar is about 11 km away. Kabrāi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lausi (2.1 km), Ghatahari (2.8 km) and Badaura Kalan (3.1 km).

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

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