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About Masughat Village

Masughat is a mid sized village in Silchar tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,734, made up of 862 males and 872 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.74 hectares hectares.

Masughat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masughat village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Silchar
Area (hectares) 151.74 hectares
Population 1,734
Male Population 862
Female Population 872
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Masughat compares

By the 2011 count Masughat is the 86th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents. Its 151.74 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Masughat

Masughat is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Masughat as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Masughat from other places

Masughat lies about 6.7 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is New Silchar, about 2.4 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 Masughat
Nearest railway station New Silchar 2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Silchar 5.5 km
District headquarters Cachar 6.7 km

Villages closest to Masughat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masughat village had a population of 1,734. That makes it the 86th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents.

Masughat village has 862 males and 872 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masughat has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Masughat covers 151.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Masughat falls under Silchar tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Masughat is New Silchar, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Masughat.

Masughat is about 6.7 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masughat is in Silchar tehsil of Cachar district. New Silchar is about 2.4 km away. Silchar is about 5.5 km away. Cachar is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Masimpur Bagicha (under 2 km), Masimpur Grant (under 2 km) and Masimpur Pt I (under 2 km).

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

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