About Mast Garh Village

Mast Garh is a small village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 267, made up of 136 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mast Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mast Garh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawali
Pincode	176205
Area (hectares)	68.71 hectares
Population	267
Male Population	136
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Mast Garh compares

By the 2011 count Mast Garh is the 116th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 68.71 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Mast Garh

Mast Garh is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Mast Garh 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mast Garh from other places

Mast Garh lies about 29 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 6.2 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 Mast Garh
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jawali	8.8 km
District headquarters	Kangra	29 km
Nearest town	Mamun	29 km

Villages closest to Mast Garh

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Mast Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Mast Garh village had a population of 267. That makes it the 116th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Mast Garh village has 136 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mast Garh has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Mast Garh is 176205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mast Garh covers 68.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mast Garh falls under Jawali tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mast Garh is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Mast Garh is about 29 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mast Garh is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 6.2 km away. Jawali is about 8.8 km away. Kangra is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.