About Mortakka Village

Mortakka is a large village in Punasa tehsil, in the district of Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,135, made up of 2,121 males and 2,014 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 725 hectares hectares.

Mortakka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mortakka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khandwa
Tehsil	Punasa
Area (hectares)	725 hectares
Population	4,135
Male Population	2,121
Female Population	2,014
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Mortakka compares

By the 2011 count Mortakka is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents. Its 725 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Mortakka

Mortakka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Mortakka 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mortakka from other places

Mortakka lies about 54 km from Khandwa, and the nearest railway station is Omkareshwar Road, about 3.3 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 Mortakka
Nearest railway station	Omkareshwar Road	3.3 km
Nearest town	Barwāh	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Punasa	34 km
District headquarters	Khandwa	54 km

Villages closest to Mortakka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mortakka village had a population of 4,135. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents.

Mortakka village has 2,121 males and 2,014 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mortakka has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

Mortakka covers 725 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mortakka falls under Punasa tehsil of Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mortakka is Omkareshwar Road, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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 Mortakka.

Mortakka is about 54 km from Khandwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mortakka is in Punasa tehsil of Khandwa district. Omkareshwar Road is about 3.3 km away. Barwāh is about 3.5 km away. Punasa is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.