About Mashun Village

Mashun is a small village in Beerwah tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 375, made up of 184 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mashun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mashun village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Beerwah
Pincode	193411
Area (hectares)	112 hectares
Population	375
Male Population	184
Female Population	191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mashun compares

By the 2011 count Mashun is the 91st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents. Its 112 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Mashun

Mashun is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mashun as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Mashun from other places

Mashun lies about 13 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 13 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 Mashun
Tehsil headquarters	Beerwah	4.8 km
District headquarters	Badgam	13 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	13 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	16 km

Villages closest to Mashun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mashun village had a population of 375. That makes it the 91st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents.

Mashun village has 184 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mashun has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Mashun is 193411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mashun covers 112 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mashun falls under Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Mashun is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Mashun.

Mashun is about 13 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mashun is in Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district. Beerwah is about 4.8 km away. Badgam is about 13 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.