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About Moriya Village

Moriya is a mid sized village in Rawti tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 697, made up of 350 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259.18 hectares hectares.

Moriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Moriya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Rawti
Area (hectares) 259.18 hectares
Population 697
Male Population 350
Female Population 347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 991
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Moriya compares

By the 2011 count Moriya is the 40th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 913 residents. Its 259.18 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1009.

Getting to Moriya

Moriya is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Moriya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Moriya from other places

Moriya lies about 18 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Bildi, about 1.9 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 Moriya
Nearest railway station Bildi 1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Rawti 18 km
District headquarters Ratlam 18 km
Nearest town Ratlām 18 km

Villages closest to Moriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Moriya village had a population of 697. That makes it the 40th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 913 residents.

Moriya village has 350 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Moriya has about 991 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 1009.

Moriya covers 259.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Moriya falls under Rawti tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Moriya is Bildi, about 1.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Moriya.

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

Moriya is in Rawti tehsil of Ratlam district. Bildi is about 1.9 km away. Rawti is about 18 km away. Ratlam 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 Biladi (under 2 km), Umar (1.9 km) and Bikapatan (3.7 km).

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

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