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About Masla Village

Masla is a mid sized village in Gangakhed tehsil, in the district of Parbhani, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,895, made up of 966 males and 929 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 890 hectares hectares.

Masla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masla village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Parbhani
Tehsil Gangakhed
Area (hectares) 890 hectares
Population 1,895
Male Population 966
Female Population 929
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 962
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masla compares

By the 2011 count Masla is the 26th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,467 residents. Its 890 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Masla

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

Masla lies about 24 km from Parbhani, and the nearest railway station is Dhondi, about 7.6 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 Masla
Nearest railway station Dhondi 7.6 km
Nearest town Gangākher 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangakhed 24 km
District headquarters Parbhani 24 km

Villages closest to Masla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masla village had a population of 1,895. That makes it the 26th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,467 residents.

Masla village has 966 males and 929 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masla has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 923.

Masla covers 890 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masla falls under Gangakhed tehsil of Parbhani district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Masla is Dhondi, about 7.6 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 Masla.

Masla is about 24 km from Parbhani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masla is in Gangakhed tehsil of Parbhani district. Dhondi is about 7.6 km away. Gangākher is about 11 km away. Gangakhed is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pota (3.6 km), Pimpri Zola (5.0 km) and Dagadwadi (5.8 km).

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

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