Mota Vadala Explained

Mota Vadala
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Gujarat#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in state
Coordinates:22.208°N 70.3775°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name1:Gujarat
Subdivision Name3:Jamnagar
Subdivision Type5:Taluka
Subdivision Name5:Kalavad
Government Type:Gram Panchayat
Governing Body:Mota Vadala Gram Panchayat
Leader Title:Sarpanch
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:39.3
Area Rank:1st
Elevation M:52
Population Total:4129
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Rank:3rd
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:Postal Index Number
Postal Code:361162
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:+91 02894
Blank1 Name Sec1:Gender ratio
Blank1 Info Sec1:1000 : 930
Registration Plate:GJ · 10
Blank2 Name Sec1:Literacy
Blank2 Info Sec1:73.92% (2011)
Blank7 Name Sec1:Driving side
Blank7 Info Sec1:Left
Blank3 Name Sec2:Avg. Temperature
Blank3 Info Sec2:26°C

Mota Vadala is a village located in Jamnagar District of Gujarat. 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.

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.