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About Masala Village

Masala is a small village in Umred tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 277, made up of 151 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.05 hectares hectares.

Masala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masala village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nagpur
Tehsil Umred
Area (hectares) 422.05 hectares
Population 277
Male Population 151
Female Population 126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 834
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masala compares

By the 2011 count Masala is the 90th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 751 residents. Its 422.05 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Masala

Masala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Masala as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Masala from other places

Masala lies about 44 km from Nagpur. 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 Masala
Tehsil headquarters Umred 9.6 km
District headquarters Nagpur 44 km

Villages closest to Masala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masala village had a population of 277. That makes it the 90th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 751 residents.

Masala village has 151 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masala has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Masala covers 422.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masala falls under Umred tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Masala notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Masala.

Masala is about 44 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masala is in Umred tehsil of Nagpur district. Umred is about 9.6 km away. Nagpur is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mhasala (under 2 km), Telkawadsi (2.1 km) and Sukli (2.1 km).

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

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