About Moien Village

Moien is a mid sized village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,046, made up of 541 males and 505 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Moien Overview

Census 2011 figures for Moien village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177110
Area (hectares)	141.78 hectares
Population	1,046
Male Population	541
Female Population	505
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Moien compares

By the 2011 count Moien is the 18th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 141.78 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Moien

Moien is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Moien as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Moien from other places

Moien lies about 35 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Daulatpur Chowk, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Moien
Nearest railway station	Daulatpur Chowk	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	13 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	26 km
District headquarters	Kangra	35 km

Villages closest to Moien

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Moien

As per the Census of India 2011, Moien village had a population of 1,046. That makes it the 18th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Moien village has 541 males and 505 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Moien has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Moien is 177110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Moien covers 141.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Moien falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Moien is Daulatpur Chowk, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Moien.

Moien is about 35 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Moien is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Daulatpur Chowk is about 11 km away. Dera Gopipur is about 13 km away. Talwāra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.