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About Masani Village

Masani is a mid sized village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 529, made up of 289 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 841.33 hectares hectares.

Masani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masani village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Kaimur
Tehsil Chainpur
Area (hectares) 841.33 hectares
Population 529
Male Population 289
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 830
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 Masani compares

By the 2011 count Masani is the 92nd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,264 residents. Its 841.33 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 927.

Getting to Masani

Masani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Masani 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 Masani from other places

Masani lies about 149 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Chauradano, about 6.2 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 Masani
Nearest railway station Chauradano 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chainpur 17 km
Nearest town Mothīhāri 20 km
District headquarters Kaimur 149 km

Villages closest to Masani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masani village had a population of 529. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,264 residents.

Masani village has 289 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masani has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Masani covers 841.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masani falls under Chainpur tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Masani is Chauradano, about 6.2 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 Masani.

Masani is about 149 km from Kaimur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masani is in Chainpur tehsil of Kaimur district. Chauradano is about 6.2 km away. Chainpur is about 17 km away. Mothīhāri is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rahjitpur (under 2 km), Muri (1.7 km) and Gonai (2.4 km).

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

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