About Masa Village

Masa is a mid sized village in Akola tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 690, made up of 358 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 588 hectares hectares.

Masa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masa village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Tehsil	Akola
Area (hectares)	588 hectares
Population	690
Male Population	358
Female Population	332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masa compares

By the 2011 count Masa is the 95th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents. Its 588 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Masa

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

Masa lies about 12 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Yeulkhed, about 5.2 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 Masa
Nearest railway station	Yeulkhed	5.2 km
Nearest town	Umbri	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akola	12 km

Villages closest to Masa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masa village had a population of 690. That makes it the 95th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents.

Masa village has 358 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masa has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Masa covers 588 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.

Masa falls under Akola tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Masa is Yeulkhed, about 5.2 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 10+ km distance for Masa.

Masa is about 12 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masa is in Akola tehsil of Akola district. Yeulkhed is about 5.2 km away. Umbri is about 8.9 km away. Akola is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.