About Masakani Village

Masakani is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 237 males and 220 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1011.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masakani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masakani village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577426
Area (hectares)	1011.65 hectares
Population	457
Male Population	237
Female Population	220
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masakani compares

By the 2011 count Masakani is the 94th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 1011.65 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Masakani

Masakani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masakani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Masakani from other places

Masakani lies about 26 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 12 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 Masakani
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	12 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	26 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	28 km

Villages closest to Masakani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masakani village had a population of 457. That makes it the 94th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Masakani village has 237 males and 220 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masakani has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Masakani is 577426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masakani covers 1011.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masakani falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Masakani is Arasalu, about 12 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 village for Masakani.

Masakani is about 26 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masakani is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Arasalu is about 12 km away. Shimoga is about 26 km away. Shivamogga is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.