About Masaundha Village

Masaundha is a mid sized village in Dobhi tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,197, made up of 614 males and 583 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 486 hectares hectares.

Masaundha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masaundha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Dobhi
Area (hectares)	486 hectares
Population	1,197
Male Population	614
Female Population	583
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masaundha compares

By the 2011 count Masaundha is the 47th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 486 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Masaundha

Masaundha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Masaundha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Masaundha from other places

Masaundha lies about 41 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Bansinala Halt, about 37 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 Masaundha
Tehsil headquarters	Dobhi	11 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	17 km
Nearest railway station	Bansinala Halt	37 km
District headquarters	Gaya	41 km

Villages closest to Masaundha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masaundha village had a population of 1,197. That makes it the 47th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Masaundha village has 614 males and 583 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masaundha has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 971.

Masaundha covers 486 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masaundha falls under Dobhi tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Masaundha is Bansinala Halt, about 37 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Masaundha.

Masaundha is about 41 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masaundha is in Dobhi tehsil of Gaya district. Dobhi is about 11 km away. Sherghāti is about 17 km away. Bansinala Halt is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.