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About Masoor Village

Masoor is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 294, made up of 141 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,085 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masoor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masoor village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 494771
Area (hectares) 422.15 hectares
Population 294
Male Population 141
Female Population 153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,085
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masoor compares

By the 2011 count Masoor is the 190th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 422.15 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 973.

Getting to Masoor

Masoor is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masoor 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. The nearest villages by name are Marbeda, Marda, Markachua and Markanar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Masoor

As per the Census of India 2011, Masoor village had a population of 294. That makes it the 190th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Masoor village has 141 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masoor has about 1085 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Masoor is 494771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masoor covers 422.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masoor falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Masoor notes the nearest railway station 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 Masoor.

Masoor is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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