About Masal Village

Masal is a large village in Lakhandur tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,266, made up of 1,626 males and 1,640 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1070 hectares hectares.

Masal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bhandara
Tehsil	Lakhandur
Area (hectares)	1070 hectares
Population	3,266
Male Population	1,626
Female Population	1,640
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masal compares

By the 2011 count Masal is the 7th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents. Its 1070 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Masal

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

Masal lies about 39 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Wadegaon, about 23 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 Masal
Nearest town	Pawni	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhandur	15 km
Nearest railway station	Wadegaon	23 km
District headquarters	Bhandara	39 km

Villages closest to Masal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masal village had a population of 3,266. That makes it the 7th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents.

Masal village has 1,626 males and 1,640 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masal has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Masal covers 1070 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masal falls under Lakhandur tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Masal is Wadegaon, about 23 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 Masal.

Masal is about 39 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masal is in Lakhandur tehsil of Bhandara district. Pawni is about 15 km away. Lakhandur is about 15 km away. Wadegaon is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.