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About Masar Village

Masar is a large village in Padra tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,552, made up of 1,833 males and 1,719 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1361.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 391421, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masar village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Vadodara
Tehsil Padra
Pincode 391421
Area (hectares) 1361.44 hectares
Population 3,552
Male Population 1,833
Female Population 1,719
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masar compares

By the 2011 count Masar is the 20th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,674 residents. Its 1361.44 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Masar

Masar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Masar from other places

Masar lies about 36 km from Vadodara, and the nearest railway station is Kural, about 3.4 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 Masar
Nearest railway station Kural 3.4 km
Nearest town Jambusar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Padra 22 km
District headquarters Vadodara 36 km

Villages closest to Masar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masar village had a population of 3,552. That makes it the 20th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,674 residents.

Masar village has 1,833 males and 1,719 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masar has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Masar is 391421. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masar covers 1361.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masar falls under Padra tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Masar is Kural, about 3.4 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Masar.

Masar is about 36 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masar is in Padra tehsil of Vadodara district. Kural is about 3.4 km away. Jambusar is about 14 km away. Padra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kural (2.3 km), Muval (7.7 km) and Vanchhara (8.9 km).

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

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