About Motna Village

Motna is a mid sized village in Pratapnagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 719, made up of 296 males and 423 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,429 females per 1000 males. The village covers 310.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Motna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motna village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Pratapnagar
Pincode	249165
Area (hectares)	310.82 hectares
Population	719
Male Population	296
Female Population	423
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,429
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Motna compares

By the 2011 count Motna is the 29th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 310.82 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1142.

Getting to Motna

Motna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Motna as Available within village. 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 Motna from other places

Motna lies about 11 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 40 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 Motna
Tehsil headquarters	Pratapnagar	5.8 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	11 km
Nearest town	Tehri	11 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	40 km

Villages closest to Motna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Motna village had a population of 719. That makes it the 29th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Motna village has 296 males and 423 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motna has about 1429 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1142.

The pincode recorded for Motna is 249165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Motna covers 310.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Motna falls under Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Motna is Harrawala, about 40 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 5 - 10 km distance for Motna.

Motna is about 11 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Motna is in Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Pratapnagar is about 5.8 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 11 km away. Tehri is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.