Mochudi is one of the larger villages in
Botswana with a population of 44,815 people in 2011. It is situated in the Bakgatla tribal region, in
Kgatleng District, about northeast of
Gaborone. The village lies several kilometres from the main Gaborone–
Francistown road, and can be accessed through a short turn at
Pilane. Mochudi was settled by the
Tswana people in 1871.