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About Masbera Village

Masbera is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 134, made up of 63 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masbera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masbera village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816109
Area (hectares) 67.68 hectares
Population 134
Male Population 63
Female Population 71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,127
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Masbera compares

By the 2011 count Masbera is the 110th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 67.68 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 992.

Getting to Masbera

Masbera is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Masbera as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Masbera from other places

Masbera lies about 22 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 4.2 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 Masbera
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Kalian Chak 4.2 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 13 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 22 km

Villages closest to Masbera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masbera village had a population of 134. That makes it the 110th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Masbera village has 63 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masbera has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Masbera is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masbera covers 67.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masbera falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Masbera is Kalian Chak, about 4.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Masbera.

Masbera is about 22 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masbera is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Taljhari is about 4.2 km away. Kalian Chak is about 4.2 km away. Rājmahal is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mansbera (under 2 km), Balko (under 2 km) and Bartola (1.6 km).

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

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