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Where is Mothanwali?

Mothanwali is a village of Moga tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Moga, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Moga-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034050, and it covers 260 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 993 people in Mothanwali: 519 men and 474 women, living in 196 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 260 hectares, the population density works out to about 382 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 913 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 92, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 420 people, about 42 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.26 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.66 per cent and women at 60.56 per cent. The census recorded 296 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 291 main workers, the largest group, 121, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 98 agricultural labourers and 67 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 5 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mothanwali's land. Of the village's 260 hectares, 235 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (3 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (232 hectares). About 25 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 121 cultivators and 102 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mothanwali is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Moga, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Moga, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bukanwala, Saffuwala, Moga Jitsingh and Ghal Kalan.

What is the population of Mothanwali?

The population of Mothanwali was 993 at the 2011 census, living in 196 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Mothanwali have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mothanwali has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.