Motras
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Motras मोटरास |
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 Motras
Motras
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| Coordinates: 25°44′N 74°20′E / 25.73°N 74.33°ECoordinates: 25°44′N 74°20′E / 25.73°N 74.33°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Bhilwara |
| Founded by | Mr. Mota ji,Mr. Jugul Kishor purohit |
| Elevation | 467 m (1,532 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 3,700 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Local | Mewari |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| ISO 3166 code | RJ-IN |
Motras(मोटरास) is a village and gram panchayat in Bhilwara district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is located in the Aravalli hills, on the banks of the Khari River in Bhilwara District, 70 km north-east of Bhilwara. This village is famous for its temple of Pabu ji Maharaj. The village has a Post office, community building, sahakari bank, School and many administrative hub for major villages. Some of major villages are Gandhi Nagar, Hatundi, Akshygarh, Hamirgarh, Dedla, Modi mangri, sawigarh, jwanpura, Blhad ka padav, Dulha ji ka badhiya. Legislator of constituency has recently adopted the village under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana ( SAGY) to lift up the standard of physical and social life of people.
Motras has a quaint story of origin, carefully preserved by the locals. It said It was founded 600 year ago mid 14th century by three person Mr. Mota ji. He was Gujar (chuwan). Mr. Jugul Kishor purohit. He was Brahman (shikwal) and third person dholi samaj. Supposedly these were the first settler families. Mr. Mota ji was the oldest person. And he was also called judjmaan in local language. So this village named Motras.
It has a population of about 3500 persons living in around 587 households according to 2001. It has many different cast people lives. It has Gurjars, Brahmans, Rajputs, Dholis, jains, kumhars, Nayak, Dhobis, Bhils, Balais and some ragars, chamars, harijans.
Motras is located at 25°44′N 74°20′E / 25.73°N 74.33°E It has an average elevation of 467 metres (1532 feet). Motras is one of the villages in Asind Mandal in Bhilwara District in Rajasthan State. Motras is located 18.8 km from its Mandal Main Town Asind. Motras is 70 km from its District Main City Bhilwara and 39 km from Beawar. It is 181 km from its State Main City Jaipur. Nearby villages are Sangramgarh (2.6 km), Akarsada (4.3 km), Patan (4.5 km), Rampura (5.2 km), Ojiyana (6.1 km).
Motras has poor road connectivity and still lacks public transport. However some of private buses and autos, etc. ply to connect the village and nearby towns like Asind, Ojiyana, Antali, and Ramgarh. Similarly one bus connects Beawar and Bhilwara regularly (one in the morning and one in the evening, arriving at 7 am and 7 pm respectively ) is the only fair and scheduled way of transport.
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