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About Masul Village

Masul is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 678, made up of 341 males and 337 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masul village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gunderdehi
Pincode 491222
Area (hectares) 251.54 hectares
Population 678
Male Population 341
Female Population 337
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masul compares

By the 2011 count Masul is the 117th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 251.54 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1007.

Getting to Masul

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

Masul lies about 34 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 12 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 Masul
Nearest railway station Gundardehi 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Gunderdehi 13 km
Nearest town Dhamtari 27 km
District headquarters Durg 34 km

Villages closest to Masul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masul village had a population of 678. That makes it the 117th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Masul village has 341 males and 337 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masul has about 988 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 1007.

The pincode recorded for Masul is 491222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masul covers 251.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masul falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Masul is Gundardehi, about 12 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 Masul.

Masul is about 34 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masul is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Gundardehi is about 12 km away. Gunderdehi is about 13 km away. Dhamtari 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 Kuthrel (1.6 km), Bodal (2.3 km) and Jarwai (2.7 km).

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

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