About Masdhawan Village

Masdhawan is a small village in Sarkaghat tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 201, made up of 103 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masdhawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masdhawan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Sarkaghat
Pincode	175024
Area (hectares)	98.74 hectares
Population	201
Male Population	103
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	951
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masdhawan compares

By the 2011 count Masdhawan is the 124th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 98.74 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1086.

Getting to Masdhawan

Masdhawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masdhawan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Masdhawan from other places

Masdhawan lies about 16 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 31 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 Masdhawan
Tehsil headquarters	Sarkaghat	3.4 km
District headquarters	Mandi	16 km
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	31 km

Villages closest to Masdhawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masdhawan village had a population of 201. That makes it the 124th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Masdhawan village has 103 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masdhawan has about 951 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 1086.

The pincode recorded for Masdhawan is 175024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masdhawan covers 98.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masdhawan falls under Sarkaghat tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Masdhawan is Joginder Nagar, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Masdhawan.

Masdhawan is about 16 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masdhawan is in Sarkaghat tehsil of Mandi district. Sarkaghat is about 3.4 km away. Mandi is about 16 km away. Joginder Nagar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.