About Masilaung Village

Masilaung is a small village in Tandwa tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 247 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 269 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masilaung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masilaung village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Tandwa
Pincode	825321
Area (hectares)	269 hectares
Population	457
Male Population	247
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Masilaung compares

By the 2011 count Masilaung is the 71st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 269 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 983.

Getting to Masilaung

Masilaung is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Masilaung as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Masilaung from other places

Masilaung lies about 42 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Phulbasia, about 8.6 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 Masilaung
Tehsil headquarters	Tandwa	4.3 km
Nearest railway station	Phulbasia	8.6 km
Nearest town	Churi	21 km
District headquarters	Chatra	42 km

Villages closest to Masilaung

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masilaung village had a population of 457. That makes it the 71st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Masilaung village has 247 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masilaung has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Masilaung is 825321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masilaung covers 269 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masilaung falls under Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Masilaung is Phulbasia, about 8.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Masilaung.

Masilaung is about 42 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masilaung is in Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district. Tandwa is about 4.3 km away. Phulbasia is about 8.6 km away. Churi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.