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About Motipura Village

Motipura is a mid sized village in Sitamau tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,624, made up of 818 males and 806 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 507.78 hectares hectares.

Motipura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motipura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Sitamau
Area (hectares) 507.78 hectares
Population 1,624
Male Population 818
Female Population 806
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 985
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Motipura compares

By the 2011 count Motipura is the 23rd largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents. Its 507.78 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Motipura

Motipura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Motipura as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Motipura from other places

Motipura lies about 34 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Shamgarh, 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 Motipura
Tehsil headquarters Sitamau 20 km
Nearest town Shāmgarh 26 km
Nearest railway station Shamgarh 26 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 34 km

Villages closest to Motipura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Motipura village had a population of 1,624. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents.

Motipura village has 818 males and 806 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motipura has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Motipura covers 507.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Motipura falls under Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Motipura is Shamgarh, about 26 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 village for Motipura.

Motipura is about 34 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Motipura is in Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district. Sitamau is about 20 km away. Shāmgarh is about 26 km away. Shamgarh is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotpiplya (under 2 km), Bajkhedi (1.6 km) and Gadariya (1.8 km).

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

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