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About Masiani Village

Masiani is a small village in Baldwara tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 454, made up of 218 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175006, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masiani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masiani village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Baldwara
Pincode 175006
Area (hectares) 148.8 hectares
Population 454
Male Population 218
Female Population 236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Masiani compares

By the 2011 count Masiani is the 25th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 329 residents. Its 148.8 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1051.

Getting to Masiani

The census records public bus service for Masiani as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Masiani from other places

Masiani lies about 20 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 39 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 Masiani
Tehsil headquarters Baldwara 3.3 km
Nearest town Sundarnagar 14 km
District headquarters Mandi 20 km
Nearest railway station Olinda 39 km

Villages closest to Masiani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masiani village had a population of 454. That makes it the 25th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 329 residents.

Masiani village has 218 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masiani has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1051.

The pincode recorded for Masiani is 175006. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masiani covers 148.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masiani falls under Baldwara tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Masiani is Olinda, about 39 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Masiani is about 20 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masiani is in Baldwara tehsil of Mandi district. Baldwara is about 3.3 km away. Sundarnagar is about 14 km away. Mandi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhalwan (under 2 km), Gharbasra (under 2 km) and Tung Batalri (1.5 km).

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

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