About Modha Village

Modha is a mid sized village in Fatehgarh tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,270, made up of 759 males and 511 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 673 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2728 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Modha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Modha village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Fatehgarh
Pincode	345027
Area (hectares)	2728 hectares
Population	1,270
Male Population	759
Female Population	511
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	673
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Modha compares

By the 2011 count Modha is the 21st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 818 residents. Its 2728 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 851.

Getting to Modha

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

Modha lies about 72 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Bhachhbar, about 60 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 Modha
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehgarh	29 km
Nearest railway station	Bhachhbar	60 km
Nearest town	Bārmer	71 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	72 km

Villages closest to Modha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Modha village had a population of 1,270. That makes it the 21st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 818 residents.

Modha village has 759 males and 511 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Modha has about 673 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 851.

The pincode recorded for Modha is 345027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Modha covers 2728 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Modha falls under Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Modha is Bhachhbar, about 60 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 village for Modha.

Modha is about 72 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Modha is in Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Fatehgarh is about 29 km away. Bhachhbar is about 60 km away. Bārmer is about 71 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.