About Masanjor Village

Masanjor is a mid sized village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 977, made up of 507 males and 470 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masanjor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masanjor village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Masalia
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	207.36 hectares
Population	977
Male Population	507
Female Population	470
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
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 Masanjor compares

By the 2011 count Masanjor is the 18th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 207.36 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Masanjor

Masanjor is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Masanjor 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 Masanjor from other places

Masanjor lies about 17 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Kurwa, about 14 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 Masanjor
Nearest railway station	Kurwa	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masalia	17 km
District headquarters	Dumka	17 km

Villages closest to Masanjor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masanjor village had a population of 977. That makes it the 18th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Masanjor village has 507 males and 470 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masanjor has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Masanjor is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masanjor covers 207.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masanjor falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Masanjor is Kurwa, about 14 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 Masanjor.

Masanjor is about 17 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masanjor is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. Kurwa is about 14 km away. Masalia is about 17 km away. Dumka is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.