About Masern Village

Masern is a small village in Sarkaghat tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 141, made up of 66 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masern Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masern village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Sarkaghat
Pincode	175024
Area (hectares)	33.22 hectares
Population	141
Male Population	66
Female Population	75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,136
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masern compares

By the 2011 count Masern is the 152nd largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 33.22 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Masern

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

How far is Masern from other places

Masern lies about 28 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 42 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 Masern
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	10 km
District headquarters	Mandi	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarkaghat	34 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	42 km

Villages closest to Masern

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 Masern

As per the Census of India 2011, Masern village had a population of 141. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Masern village has 66 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masern has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

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

Masern covers 33.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Masern is Summer Hill, about 42 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 village for Masern.

Masern is about 28 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masern is in Sarkaghat tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 10 km away. Mandi is about 28 km away. Sarkaghat is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.