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About Masodi Village

Masodi is a small village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 345, made up of 147 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,347 females per 1000 males. The village covers 753.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masodi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masodi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Gidam
Pincode 494449
Area (hectares) 753.27 hectares
Population 345
Male Population 147
Female Population 198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,347
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masodi compares

By the 2011 count Masodi is the 55th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 753.27 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Masodi

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

Masodi lies about 30 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 10 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 Masodi
Nearest railway station Kamalur 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Gidam 17 km
Nearest town Bacheli 29 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 30 km

Villages closest to Masodi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masodi village had a population of 345. That makes it the 55th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Masodi village has 147 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masodi has about 1347 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Masodi is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masodi covers 753.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masodi falls under Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Masodi is Kamalur, about 10 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 10+ km distance for Masodi.

Masodi is about 30 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masodi is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kamalur is about 10 km away. Gidam is about 17 km away. Bacheli is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Faraspal (2.7 km), Alnar (4.3 km) and Kundenar (4.5 km).

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

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