About Moripura Village

Moripura is a large village in Gandhwani tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,507, made up of 1,256 males and 1,251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1035.82 hectares hectares.

Moripura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Moripura village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Gandhwani
Area (hectares)	1035.82 hectares
Population	2,507
Male Population	1,256
Female Population	1,251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Moripura compares

By the 2011 count Moripura is the 8th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 1035.82 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Moripura

Moripura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Moripura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Moripura from other places

Moripura lies about 44 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Road, about 21 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 Moripura
Tehsil headquarters	Gandhwani	6.2 km
Nearest town	Manāwar	20 km
Nearest railway station	Tanda Road	21 km
District headquarters	Dhar	44 km

Villages closest to Moripura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Moripura village had a population of 2,507. That makes it the 8th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Moripura village has 1,256 males and 1,251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Moripura has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

Moripura covers 1035.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Moripura falls under Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Moripura is Tanda Road, about 21 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Moripura.

Moripura is about 44 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Moripura is in Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar district. Gandhwani is about 6.2 km away. Manāwar is about 20 km away. Tanda Road is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.