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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Cheta Bai Devda
Contact: 62****9100
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- LGD code
- 470850
- Pincode
- 457001
- Post office
- Ratlam City
- Population
- 1,123
- Households
- 220
- Literacy rate
- 15.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1023 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 578
- Distance to district centre
- 50 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 261 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 500 km
- Nearest railway station
- Raoti · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Aashirwad Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mortuka compares
By population, Mortuka ranks #21 of 93 villages in Raoti mandal.
Literacy rate
%
15.9%
−17.1% vs mandal average
- Mortuka
- 15.9%
- Raoti mandal
- 33.0%
- Ratlam district
- 56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,023
+14 vs mandal average
- Mortuka
- 1,023
- Raoti mandal
- 1,009
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Mortuka
- 5.1
- Raoti mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mortuka at a glance
Mortuka is a village of 1,123 people in 220 households (Census 2011) in Raoti tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 21st-largest of 93 villages in Raoti tehsil. Literacy is 16%, 17 points below the tehsil average of 33% and the sex ratio is 1,023 women per 1,000 men. It lies 50 km from the Ratlam district centre, 2 km from Raoti railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457001, served by Ratlam City post office; the LGD village code is 470850. The nearest hospital or health centre is Aashirwad Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Cheta Bai Devda, and the village votes in Sailana assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamleshwar Dodiyar. The population is estimated at 1,324 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mortuka
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RATLAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 638.82
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 46.41
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mortuka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mortuka
- LGD code
- 470850
- Pincode
- 457001
- Post office
- Ratlam City
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,123
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,324
- Households
- 220
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1023
- Literacy rate
- 15.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.17307°N, 74.86360°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ratlam
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sailana
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamleshwar Dodiyar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Cheta Bai Devda
- Block / Mandal
- Raoti
Getting there
How to reach Mortuka
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal261 kmcapital
- Mumbai500 km
- Delhi649 km
- Hyderabad746 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRaoti2 km
- Hospital / PHCAashirwad Hospital6 km
- CollegePrincipal's Bungalow56 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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