About Moolana Village

Moolana is a large village in Fatehgarh tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,526, made up of 1,433 males and 1,093 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 763 females per 1000 males. The village covers 9391.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Moolana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Moolana village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Fatehgarh
Pincode	345001
Area (hectares)	9391.38 hectares
Population	2,526
Male Population	1,433
Female Population	1,093
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	763
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Moolana compares

By the 2011 count Moolana is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 818 residents. Its 9391.38 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 Moolana

Moolana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Moolana 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Moolana from other places

Moolana lies about 75 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Odhaniya Chacha, about 59 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 Moolana
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehgarh	30 km
Nearest railway station	Odhaniya Chacha	59 km
Nearest town	Pokaran	64 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	75 km

Villages closest to Moolana

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 Moolana

As per the Census of India 2011, Moolana village had a population of 2,526. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 818 residents.

Moolana village has 1,433 males and 1,093 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Moolana has about 763 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 Moolana is 345001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Moolana covers 9391.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Moolana falls under Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Moolana is Odhaniya Chacha, about 59 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Moolana.

Moolana is about 75 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Moolana is in Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Fatehgarh is about 30 km away. Odhaniya Chacha is about 59 km away. Pokaran is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.