About Maserna Village

Maserna is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 171 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176083, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maserna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maserna village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176083
Area (hectares)	74.45 hectares
Population	318
Male Population	171
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Maserna compares

By the 2011 count Maserna is the 201st largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 74.45 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Maserna

Maserna 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 Maserna 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 Maserna from other places

Maserna lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Palampur Himachal, about 2.2 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 Maserna
Nearest railway station	Palampur Himachal	2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	7.2 km
District headquarters	Kangra	24 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	25 km

Villages closest to Maserna

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

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Common questions about Maserna

As per the Census of India 2011, Maserna village had a population of 318. That makes it the 201st largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Maserna village has 171 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maserna has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Maserna is 176083. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maserna covers 74.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maserna falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maserna is Palampur Himachal, about 2.2 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 Maserna.

Maserna is about 24 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maserna is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Palampur Himachal is about 2.2 km away. Palampur is about 7.2 km away. Kangra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.