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About Masod Village

Masod is a mid sized village in Katol tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,639, made up of 865 males and 774 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 595.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masod village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nagpur
Tehsil Katol
Pincode 441103
Area (hectares) 595.29 hectares
Population 1,639
Male Population 865
Female Population 774
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masod compares

By the 2011 count Masod is the 13th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 595.29 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Masod

Masod is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masod as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Masod from other places

Masod lies about 49 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is Katol, about 21 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 Masod
Nearest railway station Katol 21 km
Nearest town Kātol 22 km
District headquarters Nagpur 49 km

Villages closest to Masod

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

Common questions about Masod

As per the Census of India 2011, Masod village had a population of 1,639. That makes it the 13th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Masod village has 865 males and 774 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masod has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Masod is 441103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masod covers 595.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masod falls under Katol tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Masod is Katol, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance for Masod.

Masod is about 49 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masod is in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district. Katol is about 21 km away. Kātol is about 22 km away. Nagpur is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jatlapur (2.5 km), Kinki Dhoda (3.9 km) and Pusagondi (4.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Masod today is likely to be higher.

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