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About Masot Village

Masot is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 139 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,194 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masot village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 177104
Area (hectares) 67.63 hectares
Population 305
Male Population 139
Female Population 166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,194
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masot compares

By the 2011 count Masot is the 132nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 67.63 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Masot

Masot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Mandwara, Mangarh, Mao Kundli and Marhere. 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 Masot

As per the Census of India 2011, Masot village had a population of 305. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Masot village has 139 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masot has about 1194 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Masot is 177104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masot covers 67.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masot falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Masot notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Masot.

Masot is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra 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 Masot today is likely to be higher.

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