About Motarga Village

Motarga is a large village in Mukhed tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,598, made up of 1,329 males and 1,269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1442.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431717, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Motarga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motarga village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Tehsil	Mukhed
Pincode	431717
Area (hectares)	1442.78 hectares
Population	2,598
Male Population	1,329
Female Population	1,269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Motarga compares

By the 2011 count Motarga is the 25th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,768 residents. Its 1442.78 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Motarga

Motarga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Motarga 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Motarga from other places

Motarga lies about 59 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Chikna, about 39 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 Motarga
Nearest town	Deglur	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mukhed	32 km
Nearest railway station	Chikna	39 km
District headquarters	Nanded	59 km

Villages closest to Motarga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Motarga village had a population of 2,598. That makes it the 25th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,768 residents.

Motarga village has 1,329 males and 1,269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motarga has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Motarga is 431717. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Motarga covers 1442.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Motarga falls under Mukhed tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Motarga is Chikna, about 39 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Motarga.

Motarga is about 59 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Motarga is in Mukhed tehsil of Nanded district. Deglur is about 15 km away. Mukhed is about 32 km away. Chikna is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.