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About Moya Village

Moya is a mid sized village in Biaora tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,095, made up of 586 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 421.42 hectares hectares.

Moya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Moya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Rajgarh
Tehsil Biaora
Area (hectares) 421.42 hectares
Population 1,095
Male Population 586
Female Population 509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Moya compares

By the 2011 count Moya is the 68th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 811 residents. Its 421.42 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Moya

Moya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Moya as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Moya from other places

Moya lies about 18 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Biyavra Rajgarh, about 1.8 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 Moya
Nearest railway station Biyavra Rajgarh 1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Biaora 3.5 km
District headquarters Rajgarh 18 km

Villages closest to Moya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Moya village had a population of 1,095. That makes it the 68th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 811 residents.

Moya village has 586 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Moya has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Moya covers 421.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Moya falls under Biaora tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Moya is Biyavra Rajgarh, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Moya.

Moya is about 18 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Moya is in Biaora tehsil of Rajgarh district. Biyavra Rajgarh is about 1.8 km away. Biaora is about 3.5 km away. Rajgarh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chamari (under 2 km), Nayapura (1.8 km) and Khankra (2.0 km).

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

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