About Masani Village

Masani is a mid sized village in Chalkusa tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 658, made up of 343 males and 315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masani village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Chalkusa
Pincode	825323
Area (hectares)	168.6 hectares
Population	658
Male Population	343
Female Population	315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Masani compares

By the 2011 count Masani is the 24th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents. Its 168.6 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Masani

Masani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Masani 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Masani from other places

Masani lies about 48 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Dasra Halt BH, about 5.8 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 Masani
Tehsil headquarters	Chalkusa	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Dasra Halt BH	5.8 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	18 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	48 km

Villages closest to Masani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masani village had a population of 658. That makes it the 24th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents.

Masani village has 343 males and 315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masani has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Masani is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masani covers 168.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masani falls under Chalkusa tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Masani is Dasra Halt BH, about 5.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Masani.

Masani is about 48 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masani is in Chalkusa tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Chalkusa is about under 2 km away. Dasra Halt BH is about 5.8 km away. Barki Saria is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.