About Masalga Village

Masalga is a large village in Nilanga tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,199, made up of 1,143 males and 1,056 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 569 hectares hectares.

Masalga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masalga village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Tehsil	Nilanga
Area (hectares)	569 hectares
Population	2,199
Male Population	1,143
Female Population	1,056
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masalga compares

By the 2011 count Masalga is the 44th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents. Its 569 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Masalga

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

Masalga lies about 23 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Bhatangali, about 22 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 Masalga
Tehsil headquarters	Nilanga	15 km
Nearest railway station	Bhatangali	22 km
District headquarters	Latur	23 km

Villages closest to Masalga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masalga village had a population of 2,199. That makes it the 44th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents.

Masalga village has 1,143 males and 1,056 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masalga has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Masalga covers 569 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masalga falls under Nilanga tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Masalga is Bhatangali, about 22 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 Masalga.

Masalga is about 23 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masalga is in Nilanga tehsil of Latur district. Nilanga is about 15 km away. Bhatangali is about 22 km away. Latur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.