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About Moti Katra Village

Moti Katra is a large village in Garautha tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,217, made up of 1,241 males and 976 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 786 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1545.41 hectares hectares.

Moti Katra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Moti Katra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jhansi
Tehsil Garautha
Area (hectares) 1545.41 hectares
Population 2,217
Male Population 1,241
Female Population 976
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 786
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Moti Katra compares

By the 2011 count Moti Katra is the 23rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 1545.41 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Moti Katra

Moti Katra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Moti Katra as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Moti Katra from other places

Moti Katra lies about 82 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Harpalpur, about 31 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 Moti Katra
Tehsil headquarters Garautha 9.2 km
Nearest town Rāth 18 km
Nearest railway station Harpalpur 31 km
District headquarters Jhansi 82 km

Villages closest to Moti Katra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garautha 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 Moti Katra

As per the Census of India 2011, Moti Katra village had a population of 2,217. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Moti Katra village has 1,241 males and 976 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Moti Katra has about 786 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Moti Katra covers 1545.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Moti Katra falls under Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Moti Katra is Harpalpur, about 31 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 10+ km distance for Moti Katra.

Moti Katra is about 82 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Moti Katra is in Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district. Garautha is about 9.2 km away. Rāth is about 18 km away. Harpalpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malehta (3.7 km), Ramora (4.0 km) and Nadora (5.5 km).

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

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