Motha observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Motha is located in Batiyagarh mandal, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 685 and 173 households. It has a literacy rate of 61.2% and postal code 470673.
By population, Motha ranks #68 of 150 villages in Batiyagarh mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Motha is a village of 685 people in 173 households (Census 2011) in Batiyagarh tehsil, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, the 68th-largest of 150 villages in Batiyagarh tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,033 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Damoh district centre, 19 km from Aslana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470673, served by Batiagarh post office; the LGD village code is 462098. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is MAHENDRA PATEL, and the village votes in Banda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Veerendra Singh Lodhi. The population is estimated at 808 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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