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About Modardi Village

Modardi is a mid sized village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,300, made up of 709 males and 591 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5792 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Modardi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Modardi village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jaisalmer
Tehsil Pokaran
Pincode 345021
Area (hectares) 5792 hectares
Population 1,300
Male Population 709
Female Population 591
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 834
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Modardi compares

By the 2011 count Modardi is the 65th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 5792 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, well below the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Modardi

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

Modardi lies about 83 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Odhaniya Chacha, about 16 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 Modardi
Nearest railway station Odhaniya Chacha 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Pokaran 21 km
District headquarters Jaisalmer 83 km

Villages closest to Modardi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Modardi village had a population of 1,300. That makes it the 65th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Modardi village has 709 males and 591 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Modardi has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Modardi is 345021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Modardi covers 5792 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.

Modardi falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Modardi is Odhaniya Chacha, about 16 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 Modardi.

Modardi is about 83 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Modardi is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Odhaniya Chacha is about 16 km away. Pokaran is about 21 km away. Jaisalmer is about 83 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nananyai (4.3 km), Guddi (5.1 km) and Raheempura (5.9 km).

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

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