Motikal Tanda observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
By population, Motikal Tanda ranks #8 of 32 villages in Kotturu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Motikal Tanda is a village of 3,407 people in 607 households (Census 2011) in Kotturu taluk, Vijayanagar district, Karnataka, the 8th-largest of 32 villages in Kotturu taluk. Literacy is 52%, 9 points below the taluk average of 60% and the sex ratio is 958 women per 1,000 men. It lies 8 km from the Vijayanagar district centre, 18 km from Chintrapalli, the nearest town, 6 km from Kotturu railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 583134, served by Kottur (Bellary) post office; the LGD village code is 605048. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Hagaribommanahalli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nemarajanaik.K. The population is estimated at 4,017 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Hyalya →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motikal Tanda · this village | 3,407 | 52% | — |
| Hyalya · Kotturu | 1,852 | 62% | 2.9 km SW |
| Dhoopadahalli · Kotturu | 3,548 | 64% | 2.9 km NW |
| Aladahalli · Harapanahalli | 3,228 | 68% | 2.9 km NW |
| Dhupadhahalli Thanda · Kotturu | 0 | — | 3.4 km NE |
| Sirinayakanahalli · Kotturu | 187 | 36% | 5.4 km S |
| Kotturu · Kotturu | — | — | 5.7 km S |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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