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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mothala
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India Gujarat#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23|12|41|N|069|07|59|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kutch District|Kutch]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Taluka]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Abdasa Taluka|Abdasa]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 3443
| population_as_of = 2001
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| blank_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kachchh]]
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Abdasa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Abdasa]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation, State: Gujarat, District: Ahmadabad|publisher=National Information Centre, Government of India|url=http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF%5CGujarat_Maps%5CAhmadabad.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224204207/http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF/Gujarat_Maps/Ahmadabad.pdf|archivedate=2012-12-24}}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate =[[List of RTO districts in India#GJ.E2.80.94Gujarat|GJ]]-
| website = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}}
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'''Mothala''' is a [[panchayat village]]<ref name="NPD-2011-Abdasa">2011 Village Panchayat Code for Mothala = 256196, {{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Abdasa, Kachchh, Gujarat|publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India|url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4146&pno=2&ptype=V&parenttype=B|access-date=2 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130702093310/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4146&pno=2&ptype=V&parenttype=B|archive-date=2 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name="Census-2001-Gu">2001 Census Village code for Mothala = 00072700, {{Cite web|title=2001 Census of India: List of Villages by Tehsil: Gujarat|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|page=16|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/PLCN/dir-24R.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113195127/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/PLCN/dir-24R.pdf|archivedate=13 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Administratively it is under [[Abdasa Taluka]], [[Kutch District]], Gujarat.<ref name="NPD-2011-Abdasa" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Villages of Abdasa Taluka|publisher=Kutch District|url=http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/english/abdasa-taluka.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707074232/http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/english/abdasa-taluka.htm|archivedate=7 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Mothala is 23 km by road northeast of the village of [[Kothara, Kutch|Kothara]], and 33 km by road southwest of the village of [[Nakhatrana]]. Mothala is located on the rail line from [[Bhuj]] to [[Naliya]]; formerly military only, it now carries commercial freight and passengers, and is scheduled to be upgraded from metre to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Bhuj-Naliya Broad Gauge rail line sanctioned|date=16 October 2008|newspaper=Desh Gujarat|location=Ahmedabad, Gujarat|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2008/10/16/bhuj-naliya-broad-gauge-rail-line-sanctioned/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930195024/http://deshgujarat.com/2008/10/16/bhuj-naliya-broad-gauge-rail-line-sanctioned/|archivedate=30 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Western Railway: Gauge conversion from MG to BG between Bhuj - Naliya with extension up to Vayor|publisher=Suncon Engineers|url=http://www.sunconengineers.com/p-94-wr-bhuj-naliya.html}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
In the 2001 census, the village of Mothala had 3,443 inhabitants, with 1,722 males (50.0%) and 1,721 females (50.0%), for a gender ratio of 999 females per thousand males.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census 2001 Population Finder: Gujarat: Kachchh: Abdasa: Mothala|publisher=Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=630988&category=VILLAGE|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602152120/http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=630988&category=VILLAGE|archivedate=2 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Notes==
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[[Category:Villages in Kutch district]]

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