About Masrah Village

Masrah is a small village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 197, made up of 102 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masrah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masrah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Cheta
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	68.39 hectares
Population	197
Male Population	102
Female Population	95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masrah compares

By the 2011 count Masrah is the 40th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 68.39 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Masrah

Masrah is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masrah as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Masrah from other places

Masrah lies about 28 km from Shimla. 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 Masrah
Nearest town	Solan	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheta	28 km
District headquarters	Shimla	28 km

Villages closest to Masrah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masrah village had a population of 197. That makes it the 40th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Masrah village has 102 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masrah has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Masrah is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masrah covers 68.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masrah falls under Cheta tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Masrah notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Masrah.

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

Masrah is in Cheta tehsil of Shimla district. Solan is about 8.9 km away. Cheta is about 28 km away. Shimla is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.