Motras

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.HistoryMotras 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.GeographyMotras is located at It has an average elevation of 467 metres . 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, Akarsada, Patan, Rampura, Ojiyana .