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About Masoyal Village

Masoyal is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 164, made up of 78 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masoyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masoyal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Ramshahr
Pincode 173218
Area (hectares) 72.46 hectares
Population 164
Male Population 78
Female Population 86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,103
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masoyal compares

By the 2011 count Masoyal is the 69th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 72.46 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Masoyal

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

Masoyal lies about 27 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Surajpur, about 7.1 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 Masoyal
Nearest railway station Surajpur 7.1 km
Nearest town Pinjaur 7.9 km
District headquarters Solan 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Ramshahr 29 km

Villages closest to Masoyal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masoyal village had a population of 164. That makes it the 69th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Masoyal village has 78 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masoyal has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Masoyal is 173218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masoyal covers 72.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masoyal falls under Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Masoyal is Surajpur, about 7.1 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 Masoyal.

Masoyal is about 27 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masoyal is in Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Surajpur is about 7.1 km away. Pinjaur is about 7.9 km away. Solan is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khera (5.7 km), Kiyararu (7.1 km) and Gabar (8.0 km).

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

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