About Masania Village

Masania is a small village in Kathikund tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 317, made up of 157 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masania Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masania village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Kathikund
Pincode	814103
Area (hectares)	224 hectares
Population	317
Male Population	157
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masania compares

By the 2011 count Masania is the 79th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 372 residents. Its 224 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Masania

Masania is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Masania as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Masania from other places

Masania lies about 30 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 4.5 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 Masania
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	4.5 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kathikund	30 km
District headquarters	Dumka	30 km

Villages closest to Masania

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masania village had a population of 317. That makes it the 79th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 372 residents.

Masania village has 157 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masania has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Masania is 814103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masania covers 224 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masania falls under Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Masania is Harinsing, about 4.5 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 10+ km distance for Masania.

Masania is about 30 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masania is in Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 4.5 km away. Rampur Hat is about 26 km away. Kathikund is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.