About Masandha Village

Masandha is a mid sized village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,634, made up of 820 males and 814 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1140.45 hectares hectares.

Masandha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masandha village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Bahoriband
Area (hectares)	1140.45 hectares
Population	1,634
Male Population	820
Female Population	814
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	993
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masandha compares

By the 2011 count Masandha is the 35th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 1140.45 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Masandha

Masandha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masandha 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Masandha from other places

Masandha lies about 47 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Ratangaon, about 16 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 Masandha
Tehsil headquarters	Bahoriband	12 km
Nearest railway station	Ratangaon	16 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	29 km
District headquarters	Katni	47 km

Villages closest to Masandha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masandha village had a population of 1,634. That makes it the 35th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Masandha village has 820 males and 814 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masandha has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Masandha covers 1140.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masandha falls under Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Masandha is Ratangaon, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Masandha.

Masandha is about 47 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masandha is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Bahoriband is about 12 km away. Ratangaon is about 16 km away. Sihorā is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.