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About Masaurha Village

Masaurha is a large village in Paliganj tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,413, made up of 1,203 males and 1,210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 626.44 hectares hectares.

Masaurha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masaurha village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Patna
Tehsil Paliganj
Area (hectares) 626.44 hectares
Population 2,413
Male Population 1,203
Female Population 1,210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
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 Masaurha compares

By the 2011 count Masaurha is the 31st largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents. Its 626.44 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Masaurha

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

Masaurha lies about 46 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Garhani, about 20 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 Masaurha
Tehsil headquarters Paliganj 5.6 km
Nearest town Bikram 15 km
Nearest railway station Garhani 20 km
District headquarters Patna 46 km

Villages closest to Masaurha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masaurha village had a population of 2,413. That makes it the 31st largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents.

Masaurha village has 1,203 males and 1,210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masaurha has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Masaurha covers 626.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masaurha falls under Paliganj tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Masaurha is Garhani, about 20 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 Masaurha.

Masaurha is about 46 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masaurha is in Paliganj tehsil of Patna district. Paliganj is about 5.6 km away. Bikram is about 15 km away. Garhani 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 Jalpura (under 2 km), Mohabbatpur (1.6 km) and Dariapur Pem (1.8 km).

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

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