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About Masul Village

Masul is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 211, made up of 103 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, 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 Manpur
Pincode 491229
Area (hectares) 206.06 hectares
Population 211
Male Population 103
Female Population 108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,049
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 122nd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 206.06 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

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 70 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Dalli Rajhara, about 30 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 Manpur 16 km
Nearest railway station Dalli Rajhara 30 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 30 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 70 km

Villages closest to Masul

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Manpur 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 211. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Masul village has 103 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masul has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Masul is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masul covers 206.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masul falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Masul is Dalli Rajhara, about 30 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 70 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 Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 16 km away. Dalli Rajhara is about 30 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhodhari (2.6 km), Gotulmuda (3.3 km) and Madhri (3.6 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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