About Modiya Village

Modiya is a mid sized village in Kolayat tehsil, in the district of Bikaner, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 567, made up of 299 males and 268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3008 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 334305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Modiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Modiya village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Bikaner
Tehsil	Kolayat
Pincode	334305
Area (hectares)	3008 hectares
Population	567
Male Population	299
Female Population	268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Modiya compares

By the 2011 count Modiya is the 125th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents. Its 3008 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Modiya

Modiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Modiya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Modiya from other places

Modiya lies about 27 km from Bikaner, and the nearest railway station is Darbari, about 7.7 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 Modiya
Nearest railway station	Darbari	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kolayat	21 km
District headquarters	Bikaner	27 km

Villages closest to Modiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Modiya village had a population of 567. That makes it the 125th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents.

Modiya village has 299 males and 268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Modiya has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Modiya is 334305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Modiya covers 3008 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Modiya falls under Kolayat tehsil of Bikaner district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Modiya is Darbari, about 7.7 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 10+ km distance for Modiya.

Modiya is about 27 km from Bikaner in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Modiya is in Kolayat tehsil of Bikaner district. Darbari is about 7.7 km away. Kolayat is about 21 km away. Bikaner is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.