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About Moraha Village

Moraha is a large village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,734, made up of 1,482 males and 1,252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1020.74 hectares hectares.

Moraha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Moraha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 1020.74 hectares
Population 2,734
Male Population 1,482
Female Population 1,252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Moraha compares

By the 2011 count Moraha is the 19th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 1020.74 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Moraha

Moraha is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Moraha as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Moraha from other places

Moraha lies about 5.6 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about under 2 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 Moraha
Nearest railway station Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 5.6 km

Villages closest to Moraha

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

Common questions about Moraha

As per the Census of India 2011, Moraha village had a population of 2,734. That makes it the 19th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Moraha village has 1,482 males and 1,252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Moraha has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Moraha covers 1020.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Moraha falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Moraha is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about under 2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Moraha.

Moraha is about 5.6 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Moraha is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur is about under 2 km away. Chhatarpur is about 5.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandpura (under 2 km), Chandrapura (under 2 km) and Guraiya (2.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Moraha today is likely to be higher.

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