About Masanga Village

Masanga is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 728, made up of 340 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,141 females per 1000 males. The village covers 609.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masanga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Pincode	835225
Area (hectares)	609.6 hectares
Population	728
Male Population	340
Female Population	388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,141
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masanga compares

By the 2011 count Masanga is the 40th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 609.6 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Masanga

Masanga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Masanga as Available within 5 - 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 Masanga from other places

Masanga lies about 29 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Gautamdhara, about 34 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 Masanga
Nearest town	Būndu	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	29 km
District headquarters	Khunti	29 km
Nearest railway station	Gautamdhara	34 km

Villages closest to Masanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masanga village had a population of 728. That makes it the 40th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Masanga village has 340 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masanga has about 1141 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Masanga is 835225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masanga covers 609.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masanga falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Masanga is Gautamdhara, about 34 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Masanga.

Masanga is about 29 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masanga is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Būndu is about 13 km away. Erki is about 29 km away. Khunti is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.