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About Masuria Village

Masuria is a small village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 31 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masuria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masuria village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Lawalaung
Pincode 825404
Area (hectares) 163 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 31
Female Population 25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 806
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masuria compares

By the 2011 count Masuria is the 81st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 163 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Masuria

Masuria is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Masuria as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Masuria from other places

Masuria lies about 20 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 15 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 Masuria
Nearest railway station Katkamsandi 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Lawalaung 20 km
District headquarters Chatra 20 km
Nearest town Chatrā 20 km

Villages closest to Masuria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masuria village had a population of 56. That makes it the 81st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Masuria village has 31 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masuria has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Masuria is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masuria covers 163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masuria falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Masuria is Katkamsandi, about 15 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Masuria.

Masuria is about 20 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masuria is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Katkamsandi is about 15 km away. Lawalaung is about 20 km away. Chatra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Charu (11 km), Lutua Singhpur (12 km) and Ara Atu (15 km).

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

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