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About Masna Village

Masna is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 961, made up of 477 males and 484 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masna village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Lormi
Pincode 495115
Area (hectares) 163.77 hectares
Population 961
Male Population 477
Female Population 484
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masna compares

By the 2011 count Masna is the 108th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 163.77 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Masna

Masna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masna as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Masna from other places

Masna lies about 41 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 27 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 Masna
Tehsil headquarters Lormi 12 km
Nearest town Mungeli 18 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 27 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 41 km

Villages closest to Masna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masna village had a population of 961. That makes it the 108th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Masna village has 477 males and 484 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masna has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Masna is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masna covers 163.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masna falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Masna is Kargi Road, about 27 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 and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Masna.

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

Masna is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 12 km away. Mungeli is about 18 km away. Kargi Road is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Masni (under 2 km), Tharakpur (under 2 km) and Piparkhunti (1.7 km).

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

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