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About Masiyatu Village

Masiyatu is a small village in Kuru tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 127 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masiyatu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masiyatu village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Lohardaga
Tehsil Kuru
Pincode 835302
Area (hectares) 219 hectares
Population 264
Male Population 127
Female Population 137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,079
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masiyatu compares

By the 2011 count Masiyatu is the 59th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 219 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 1004.

Getting to Masiyatu

Masiyatu is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Masiyatu as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Masiyatu from other places

Masiyatu lies about 17 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Barkichampi, about 5.6 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 Masiyatu
Nearest railway station Barkichampi 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuru 14 km
District headquarters Lohardaga 17 km
Nearest town Lohārdagā 17 km

Villages closest to Masiyatu

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

Common questions about Masiyatu

As per the Census of India 2011, Masiyatu village had a population of 264. That makes it the 59th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Masiyatu village has 127 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masiyatu has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Masiyatu is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masiyatu covers 219 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.

Masiyatu falls under Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Masiyatu is Barkichampi, about 5.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Masiyatu.

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

Masiyatu is in Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district. Barkichampi is about 5.6 km away. Kuru is about 14 km away. Lohardaga is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salgi (under 2 km), Khamhar (1.6 km) and Chund (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Masiyatu today is likely to be higher.

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