About Masuru Village

Masuru is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,365, made up of 655 males and 710 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 892.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masuru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masuru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577401
Area (hectares)	892.36 hectares
Population	1,365
Male Population	655
Female Population	710
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,084
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Masuru compares

By the 2011 count Masuru is the 21st largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 892.36 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1029.

Getting to Masuru

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

Masuru lies about 69 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 7.1 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 Masuru
Nearest railway station	Kanale	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	10 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	10 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	69 km

Villages closest to Masuru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masuru village had a population of 1,365. That makes it the 21st largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Masuru village has 655 males and 710 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masuru has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Masuru is 577401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masuru covers 892.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masuru falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Masuru is Kanale, about 7.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Masuru.

Masuru is about 69 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masuru is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Kanale is about 7.1 km away. Sagar is about 10 km away. Sāgar is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.