About Masal Village

Masal is a mid sized village in Bhadravati tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 817, made up of 408 males and 409 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 857 hectares hectares.

Masal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Bhadravati
Area (hectares)	857 hectares
Population	817
Male Population	408
Female Population	409
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masal compares

By the 2011 count Masal is the 36th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 731 residents. Its 857 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 943.

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 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 Masal from other places

Masal lies about 31 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Bhandak, about 15 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
Tehsil headquarters	Bhadravati	13 km
Nearest railway station	Bhandak	15 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	31 km

Villages closest to Masal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhadravati 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 817. That makes it the 36th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 731 residents.

Masal village has 408 males and 409 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masal has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Masal covers 857 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masal falls under Bhadravati tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Masal is Bhandak, about 15 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 Masal.

Masal is about 31 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masal is in Bhadravati tehsil of Chandrapur district. Bhadravati is about 13 km away. Bhandak is about 15 km away. Chandrapur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.