About Masul Village

Masul is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,165, made up of 575 males and 590 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 483.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masul village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491558
Area (hectares)	483.75 hectares
Population	1,165
Male Population	575
Female Population	590
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masul compares

By the 2011 count Masul is the 39th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 483.75 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

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 village. 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 49 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 31 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
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	10 km
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	31 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	34 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	49 km

Villages closest to Masul

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

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Common questions about Masul

As per the Census of India 2011, Masul village had a population of 1,165. That makes it the 39th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Masul village has 575 males and 590 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masul has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Masul is 491558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masul covers 483.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masul falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Masul is Paniajob, about 31 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 village for Masul.

Masul is about 49 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masul is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 10 km away. Paniajob is about 31 km away. Dongargarh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.