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About Masandkar Village

Masandkar is a mid sized village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 951, made up of 474 males and 477 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176047, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masandkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masandkar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176047
Area (hectares) 65.41 hectares
Population 951
Male Population 474
Female Population 477
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Masandkar compares

By the 2011 count Masandkar is the 18th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 65.41 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Masandkar

Masandkar 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 Masandkar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Masandkar from other places

Masandkar lies about 9.2 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 1.6 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 Masandkar
Nearest railway station Samloti 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 2.9 km
District headquarters Kangra 9.2 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 15 km

Villages closest to Masandkar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagrota Bagwan 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 Masandkar

As per the Census of India 2011, Masandkar village had a population of 951. That makes it the 18th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Masandkar village has 474 males and 477 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masandkar has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Masandkar is 176047. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masandkar covers 65.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Masandkar falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Masandkar is Samloti, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Masandkar.

Masandkar is about 9.2 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masandkar is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 1.6 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 2.9 km away. Kangra is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Momta Khas (under 2 km), Samloti (under 2 km) and Kachhrehr (under 2 km).

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

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