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Place details
- Locality
- Moga
- Region
- Punjab
- Country
- India
- Population
- 163,397
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Punjab
- District
- Moga
- Type
- Municipality
- Body
- Moga Municipal Corporation
- Elevation
- 217 m (712 ft)
- Total
- 159,897
- Rank
- 6th in Punjab
- Density
- 400/km (1,000/sq mi)
- Official
- Punjabi
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- PB-29
- Sex ratio
- 1000:883 ♂ / ♀
- Website
- moga .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 163397
- Area
- 2230
- Elevation
- 216
- Image
- Finlandia hotel & Fun Park,MOGA(Punjab) INDIA - panoramio.jpg
- Dialing code
- 1636
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- postal code
- 142001
- Commons category
- Moga, Punjab
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Travel guide
Get in
Moga can be reached by bus or train from Ferozepur or Ludhiana.
Get around
Moga has an extensive bus network throughout the city.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
Moga is a city in the Indian state of Punjab. It was made a part and headquarters of the Moga district (the 17th District in the state) on 24 November 1995, by the then Chief Minister Harcharan Singh Brar. Before becoming a district, Moga was a part of Faridkot district as a tehsil. Moga is situated on the National Highway 95 (NH-95 Ferozpur-Ludhiana road). The area of Dharamkot block with 150 villages has been merged into Moga district, which falls under the jurisdiction of Ferozpur division.
Etymology