Mota Vadala

Mota Vadala
Village
Mota Vadala Location in state Show map of Gujarat Mota Vadala Mota Vadala (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°12′29″N70°22′39″E / 22.207988°N 70.37746°E / 22.207988; 70.37746
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Region	Saurashtra
District	Jamnagar
Taluka	Kalavad
Government
• Type	Gram Panchayat
• Body	Mota Vadala Gram Panchayat
Area
• Total	39.3 km2 (15.2 sq mi)
• Rank	1st
Elevation	52 m (171 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,129
• Rank	3rd
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal Index Number	361162
Telephone code	+91 02894
Vehicle registration	GJ · 10
Gender ratio	♂1000 : 930♀
Literacy	73.92% (2011)
Driving side	Left
Avg. Temperature	26 °C (79 °F)

Mota Vadala is a village located in Jamnagar District of Gujarat. ^[1] The village has 902 families and a population of 4129 of which 2139 are males and 1990 are females as per Indian Population Census 2011.

Mota Vadala has governmental facilities like hospital, school, panchayat, dairy, etc. It is located 5 km in-land from Rajkot-Kalavad state highway.

Demographics

The Mota Vadala village is the third most populous village in Kalavad Taluka,. As of the 2011 Population Census, the population is 4,129, of which 2,139 are males while 1,990 are females. Hinduism, Islam and Jainism are major religions in Mota Vadala.^{[ citation needed ]}

8.43%, or 348, of the village are aged 0 to 6. The average sex ratio of Mota Vadala village is 930, which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child sex ratio for Mota Vadala as per census is 794, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Mota Vadala village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Mota Vadala village was 73.92% compared to 78.03% of Gujarat. In Mota Vadala, male literacy stands at 81.39% while female literacy rate was 66.01%.

Caste factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.00% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.30% of total population in Mota Vadala village.

Work profile

In Mota Vadala village out of total population, 2,220 were engaged in work activities. 70.68% of workers describe their work as Main Work (employment or earning more than six months) while 29.32% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than six months. Of the 2,220 workers engaged in Main Work, 868 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 144 were agricultural labourer.

Economy

The main occupation of the people of Mota Vadala village is agriculture, farming, animal husbandry and diamond industry. In this village, mainly wheat, cumin, groundnut, sesame seeds, millet, chickpea, cotton, Deewela, Rajaka and other vegetables are harvested.

References

1. "Primary Census Abstract Data Tables – India: Final Population Totals". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2025.